What is the council doing to stop further flooding in Grantham?

Anne Gayfer of South Lincolnshire Green Party says…

Last week I attended the SKDC Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

I wanted to ask the council what they were going to do about flooding following the weather bomb that hit Grantham last month – our normal weather squashed up into a few hours – causing high winds, heavy rain and flooding.

I was not the only person who wanted to talk from the public gallery on this subject and one of the residents affected spoke movingly about her family’s and others’ experience; how it changed every aspect of their life in the space of a few minutes and plunged them into insecurity and fear as they lost their homes, their ways of earning had to be put into second place and their mental health suffered, along with that of their animal companions.

My request to our leaders is: “Will they ask officers to do a full review and reassure us that they have taken into account the impact of new developments round Grantham on the places we live in now?” 

This is required by law, including taking into account the impact of future severe weather events, which are likely to increase in number. 

We want to see the evidence, and have the opportunity to comment.