Flood Group meeting: Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Key information

Meeting location: Avon Inn, Avonwick

Meeting time: 6.30 pm

Agenda

Agenda for the Flood Group meeting on Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Agenda: Since the last meeting a draft plan and a draft leaflet have been created.  The Clerk to the Parish Council has established that with a published plan funding can be applied for through the Devon Resilience Innovation Project (DRIP). The aim of the project is to reduce the impact of flooding through a combination of interventions to improve flood and drought resilience. On their website they specifically talk about ‘steep sided hills where water travels quickly downhill during intense rainfall events due to the soil type and land management causing flash flooding…..’

  1. To add to the draft plan in order for it’s submission to DRIP
  2. To add to the original list of areas and properties at risk
  3. To review the proposed leaflet and organise distribution
  4. Map drains
  5. To decide whether the group wish to remain a sub-committee of the parish council or become an independent group
  6. SWW tankers/attenuation update
  7. AOB
Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for the Flood Group meeting on Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Since the last meeting a draft plan and a draft leaflet have been created.  The Clerk to the Parish Council has established that with a published plan funding can be applied for through the Devon Resilience Innovation Project (DRIP). The aim of the project is to reduce the impact of flooding through a combination of interventions to improve flood and drought resilience. On their website they specifically talk about ‘steep sided hills where water travels quickly downhill during intense rainfall events due to the soil type and land management causing flash flooding…..’

Present – Cllr Lesley Ring; Cllr Liz Gabriel; Nikki; Christian; Chris; Noel; Matthew

1 To add to the draft plan in order for it’s submission to DRIP

Using template from The Flood Hub/Gov.UK guidance. Can use pre-populated version but need to add some specifics such as water level; volunteers; triggers etc. Amber = check on neighbours/deploy sandbags etc.Be sure to give advice to use tried and tested (by members of the group) apps: Acuweather/Environment Agency/Met.Office. Lesley to add to this. Re flash flooding in Avonwick  - some crops are more likely to cause runoff/flooding than others. Is it possible to look into this further?

2. To add to the original list of areas and properties at risk

Add building on the corner of Blackhall Lane to the at-risk list. May have flooded at kitchen door in the past
Add the garage to the at-risk list

3. To review the proposed leaflet and organise distribution

Group agreed that info was correct. To add useful contact details. A5.Lesley to get help to produce eye-catching leaflet (ask Parish Council Clerk?) then group agreed to distribute including on noticeboards/Parish Council info/Facebook etc

4. Map drains

Nikki kindly agreed to do this for Avonwick.  Lesley to investigate the Adopt A Drain scheme further

5. To decide whether the group wish to remain a sub-committee of the parish council or become an independent group

Having discussed pros and cons agreed would remain sub-committee of the parish council in order to better access support esp for applying for funding for sandbags/drain clearing etc

6. SWW tankers/attenuation update

Update given in short tankers should now only be deployed when heavy rainfall. Chris will monitor.

7. AOB

Date of next meeting: Wednesday 3 September 6.30 Avon Inn