Jonothan Friars
ADDRESS
CC Bathley Parish Council
Dear Jonothan
Flooding management Bathley Hill
In Bathley, over the past few years the incidence of unusually high rainfall events with incumbent flooding effects has been more frequent and of greater magnitude.
The situation has now reached the point where homes on Main Street and the surface of Main St are potentially at flooding risk from such events and I would like to explore the possibility of the installation of some drains to alleviate the effects of excess pluvial runoff from Bathley Hill. I have had a drainage engineer out to look at the situation and he has suggested that a potential solution lies in the installation of drain along the edge of your arable field that abutts the properties on northern Main Street. The drain would flow in a northerly direction to then tie in with drainage collection points on Main St.
It is important that any planned drainage changes in the northern part of the village do not then cause drainage issues elsewhere in Bathley. I have asked for this issue to be included as a discussion item at the next parish Council Meeting and I would very much appreciate it if you could attend the meeting on Wednesday 11th March 2020 in the Crown Pub to discuss potential drainage solutions in northern Bathley.
I am writing on behalf of residents at
Windyridge
Bramley House
Mole End
Bathley house
Glenby Cottage
Manor Farm Barn
Spring Cottage
Willow Cottage
Elizabeth House
The Mill
The forge
Redlands
The Homestead
Yours sincerely
Jane Southey
Mole End