Please find below a selection of useful links and documents.
Facebook is great (here’s our Facebook site ) but when you want to find something it’s way down the bottom and something else always pops up! The link to our webpage Facebook – Stable articles and blogs aims to show information on things that have stabilised / stopped moving on our Facebook site.
January 2024 Update
Dealing with insurers – great article by Siriol Hogg
There has been talk about building back better (including Siriol Hogg’s Facebook post above). Here is a link to an article on this on the FloodRe website
Article in Sunday Times 14 Jan from Mandy Meyer on Protecting Your Property
October 2023 Update
The Financial help via NSDC for Storm Babet ends on 19 Jan 2024 : NSDC Facebook Post
Google Lens – Clever way to Price things for Insurer
Helpful leaflet distributed by Newark & Sherwood District Council 27 Oct 2023 (hopefully back Monday to deliver to more houses)
Who is responsible for water flows within village
The links below contain useful information – Lowdham Flag is not recommending them just providing links to the information
Preparing your property before a flood
Threat from Surface Water and how to mitigate – by Flood Mary (Mary Long-Dhonau site)
National Flood Forum Property Protection Adviser
National Flood Forum – Blue Pages – Independent Flood Directory
Property_owners_booklet from SMARTeST, University of Manchester
Looking after your property post flood
National Flood Forum / Association of British Insurers Responding to Floods Guidance
BRE Flood Resilient Repair Home
Understanding Basic Flood Recovery Procedures
Property Flood Resilience (Yorkshire 2021)
British Damage Management Association leaflets
Insurance
Acer insurance (Southwell Flood Forum Post) Oct 2021
Obtaining insurance via Gocompare
Lowdham Flood Action Group
Nottinghamshire County Council – Lead Flood Authority
Link to NCC webpage in their capacity as Local Lead Flood Authority. Among other things it prepares as report (called Section 19) after each major event. These are available here Notts CC Section 19 reports
NCC Feb 2021 Bulletin on Flooding including Riparean ownership
Nottinghamshire County Council: Report a blocked drain
Nottinghamshire Local Flood Risk Strategy
Nottinghamshire County Council – Preparing for a flood
Nottinghamshire County Council – After the Flood
Newark and Sherwood District Council
Newark & Sherwood Flooding Information Hub
Lowdham Parish Council – multiple updates
Looking after Lowdham
Report a Blocked Drain (Nottingham County Council – Highways Reporting Hub)
** Please also report blocked drains to lowdhamflag@gmail.com so we can monitor progress **
Environment Agency
National Assessment of Flood Risk
Surface Water Management Action Plan
Environment Agency – Personal Flood Plan
Environment Agency – Preparing your business for flooding
Useful information on EA Surface Water flood risk maps
Government Report
Government report on Reducing the risk of Surface Water Flooding
Pitt Report Update
(see up after the 2007 floods, it made 92 recommendations, led to Flood and Water Management Act 2010 and the Flood Risk Regulations 2009. Dave Harper had input into this.)
Gov.uk – Map of Long term risk of flooding
Risk of Flooding from River and Surface Water
Natural Flood Management – Trent Rivers Trust
Website/High level map of assets in catchment area
Older Info
Newark & Sherwood – 2020
Newark & Sherwood extension of £5,000 scheme 24 Sep 2020
Link to N&S DC Financial Support webpage. (One off payment of £500, 3 months rebate on rates, a grant of up to £5,000 for flood defences in certain circumstances)
Newark & Sherwood Letter 13 July 2020 re £5k grant + attachments
Newark & Sherwood 5k Application Form
Rebecca Pow MP £5m letter to Robert Jenrick MP (Newark) 14 Jul 2020