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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29692
Received: 10/11/2021
Respondent: Dr. S.J. Jennings
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Why choose this critical drainage area endangering the existing historic village for development, let alone now increasing the number of houses planned to 70 or more.
As Churchwarden of St Laurence Church I am very concerned that we do all we can to prevent it being flooded again.
Blackmore is a "critical drainage area" subject to frequent road flooding with vehicles often stranded - but more importantly - homes being flooded - particularly Aug. 1987 when 15 houses and the Grade 1 St Laurence Church were severely flooded. Some lesser flooding of homes occurred in June 2016. The drainage situation remains the same whereas many more impervious surfaces have been created since then by about 20 new houses, many extensions and parking areas. The village sits in a bowl of land with surface water draining from west, north and east into the village and exiting to the south via The Moat as the River Wid.
The run off of surface water from the impervious surfaces of the houses, drives and roads of Sites R25 and R26, which are north of the existing village (i.e. uphill) will markedly increase the risk if flooding in the current village.
Climate Change will cause more extremes of rainfall.