Flooding
Case reference FOI2025/00223
Received 20 March 2025
Published 14 April 2025
Request
1) Do you have a dedicated annual budget for flood remediation? If so, please state it in pounds.
2) What was your annual dedicated budget for flood remediation last year? Please state your answer in pounds.
3) In the last ten years, how many floods have you had from surface water/fluvial flooding? (Surface water/fluvial flooding is defined as “flooding that occurs when the volume and intensity of rainfall overwhelms local drainage systems.”; a flood is defined as “any case where land not normally covered by water becomes covered by water”)
4) What was the cost to the council of the repairs and cleanup of your most recent flood (as per the definition above)?
5) Which of the following have you planned to invest in to remediate floods? Please select all that apply. a. Options: i. Installing Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) ii. Require all news builds/developments to include SuDS iii. Increasing drainage maintenance iv. Enhance green spaces to improve drainage and act as a natural buffer v. Plant trees to help absorb excess rainwater vi. Engage with home/land owners to reduce paved space
6) Have any of the floods your council has experienced in the last ten years resulted in “sewer flooding”, where sewers become overwhelmed?
Response
1) Do you have a dedicated annual budget for flood remediation? If so, please state it in pounds.
£63,890
2) What was your annual dedicated budget for flood remediation last year? Please state your answer in pounds.
£63,890
3) In the last ten years, how many floods have you had from surface water/fluvial flooding? (Surface water/fluvial flooding is defined as “flooding that occurs when the volume and intensity of rainfall overwhelms local drainage systems.”; a flood is defined as “any case where land not normally covered by water becomes covered by water”)
We believe you mean pluvial flooding not fluvial (flooding from rivers), this will be information held by Derbyshire County Council who are the lead flooding agency (LLFA), not South Derbyshire District Council.
4) What was the cost to the council of the repairs and cleanup of your most recent flood (as per the definition above)- as above
This is information held by Derbyshire County Council (LLFA).
5) Which of the following have you planned to invest in to remediate floods? Please select all that apply.
Only one option applies which for South Derbyshire District Council: Require all new builds/developments to include SuDS
6) Have any of the floods your council has experienced in the last ten years resulted in “sewer flooding”, where sewers become overwhelmed?
This is information held by Derbyshire County Council (LLFA) and Severn Trent Water
Documents
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