Eardisland Scheme

Overview

The village of Eardisland has a history of flooding, with much of the village sitting in the floodplain of the River Arrow. Significant property flooding has occurred multiple times in recent years. To reduce the damaging consequences of flooding to properties and residents, should future flooding occur, the Environment Agency is providing Property Flood Resilience (PFR) to those at flood risk.

The purpose of this website is to keep residents informed about the scheme and provide contact details should questions arise.

Details of progress with the Property Flood Resilience Scheme are as follows:

• Initial surveys have been carried out on all properties whose owners registered an interest in the scheme following an invitation that was sent out in the autumn of 2023. These surveys and associated reports have been completed.

• However, due to the 2024 New Year flood event, we opened a new window to allow homeowners that flooded who had not yet registered their interest with us about having a survey to do so. The revised deadline to get in contact was Friday the 26th of January 2024 and we received further applications for the scheme. These surveys have been completed.

• All surveyed properties have been reviewed for eligibility for the implementation of property flood resilience measures. This has been based on the results of the Survey, flood mapping restrictions and how they align with current funding guidance.

• We are currently in the process of procuring our framework instillation suppliers who will discuss and agree with homeowners the measures to be installed. If necessary, they will also carry out any further surveys to inform designs and listed building consent applications. Contractual difficulties have meant that this has taken longer than first anticipated. Once the contract is in place, homeowners will be notified.

In the meantime, if any residents have any photos or video footage of the flooding that took place during the course of early January 2024, and you are comfortable sharing with us, we would urge you to forward them to us for our records. Photographic / video evidence would be really welcome and would support our records when reviewing the effectiveness of the PFR programme post completion.

With your permission, we could also include them in our next Citizen Space Update so please forward anything you are happy to share with us to the address detailed above. Many thanks, the EA team.

Keeping you up to date on our progress with this scheme is very important to us. We will continue to provide updates through this information page and via engagement events and briefing notes. If you would like to receive notification about these updates, please email your contact details to eardisland.pfr@environment-agency.gov.uk and we will add you to our mailing list.

PLEASE NOTE – By providing us with your contact details you consent to the Environment Agency using the details provided to contact you with updates about the Eardisland Flood Alleviation Scheme.  We will keep your contact details until the project is closed or until you withdraw your consent, whichever is sooner. You can withdraw your consent to receive these updates at any time by emailing us at eardisland.pfr@environment-agency.gov.uk . We will not share your details with any other third party without your explicit consent, unless we are required to by law.

The Environment Agency is the data controller for the personal data you provide. For further information on how we deal with your personal data please see our Personal Information Charter on GOV.UK (search ‘Environment Agency personal information charter’) or contact our Data Protection team. Address: Data Protection team, Environment Agency, Horizon House, Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AH. Email: dataprotection@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Remaining flood aware

Please make sure you remain flood aware and ensure you are signed up to our flood warning service. Visit www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings or call 0345 988 1188 to sign up to get Flood Alerts and Warnings by phone, email and/or text message. This is a free service. Alternatively contact our Flood Resilience Engagement Advisors at Floodresilience@environment-agency.gov.uk

Know what to do when you receive a flood warning - use the 3 point plan.

Additional information

• Report an incident here.
• Find out about owning a watercourse here.
• View our schedule of maintenance work on the River Wye catchment  here.

If you have any queries about this project, please contact eardisland.pfr@environment-agency.gov.uk