tadcaster bridge collapsed

[Billy68]

i agree with what gn said

[eggsarascal]

haha you may regret that sent you a pm

 

I'm already regretting that one:biggrin:

 

I'm on my fourth tin of beer this evening so I'll have a proper look at it tomorrow and get back to you.

[swinny]

I'm already regretting that one:biggrin:

 

I'm on my fourth tin of beer this evening so I'll have a proper look at it tomorrow and get back to you.

 

Cheers Appreciate it

[Billy68]

They need to take a trip to Holland and have a look around see how they do it

[scbk]

I'm no expert but it surely can't help that towns are almost entirely paved over? Front gardens are ripped up and replaced with block paving/tarmac, and rainwater isn't dealt with by the landowner, it's just all channelled into mains drains, never gets a chance to soak in to the ground.

[gnfencer]

Planning permission granted on flood plains , Brown envelopes changing hands

[skyhuck]

I thought it was the (EWFD) that doesn't allow dredging.

 

Nothing the EA can do about it.

 

Maintenance on ‘main rivers’

 

You don’t need permission from EA to:

 

remove in-stream debris and rubbish

undertake minor tree works - you can cut back trees and other vegetation, and remove fallen trees

trim grass/vegetation on the banks and in the channel

 

 

You may require permission to:

 

remove silt and gravel from in channel

re-profile the watercourse banks

make the watercourse deeper or wider

spread material on top of the bank or nearby

carry out maintenance works to structures in, over or under a main river or a flood defence

Before you start work on or near a ‘main river’ you should submit your plans to EA and apply for a Flood Defence Consent.

 

 

 

The above is taken from here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/river-maintenance-and-drainage-charges-farmers-and-landowners

 

Cough, cough:sneaky2:

[Billy68]

Building a house on a flood plane it should have to float or have 3 floors garage

[eggsarascal]

Cough, cough:sneaky2:

 

I can only go on what I know, there as only been one big dredging job (non costal) in East Anglia in 2015, (East Anglia) covers a bloody big area.

 

Can you provide a link to big dredging jobs (on the inland waterways) that have been granted to land owners in 2015?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

👍🏻

 

More than 50 idiots bashing their gums and most of them are in Brussels!

 

A fair portion of the broader problem lays at the door of the European Parliament:

 

Can't dredge because it might upset a vole and the arisings would be hazardous waste!

 

Additional payments to farmers to grub out upland vegetation to increase grazing (then further additional payments to artificially impede rivers!)

 

A "head count" on the number of trees allowed in a field before being disqualified for subsidy.

 

As if that isn't enough, Why isn't UK government putting a bid in to the EU for disaster relief assistance? UK paid IN 36million to the fund this year, time for some payback!

 

They'll have to be a bloody compelling argument to change my mind come EU referendum day!