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Gnosall Parish Council           

 (Including the wards of Moreton and Knightley)                                   

 

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The Acres

The weather dominates the update from The Acres this winter. Unfortunately rising groundwater levels meant the postponement of the allotments project to re-align over 20 low-lying plots. Despite planning and preparation since late summer, delays with consent from the Environment Agency held-up the work just long enough to coincide with December’s deluge. Fingers crossed there will be a respite in the weather before the end of March.

 

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We apologise again for the closure of the boardwalk during the worst of this winters flooding.  Contractors were also due to carry out work to raise the structure in several places, but this was also affected by the conditions. This will commence as soon as flooding recedes. 

In the meantime, the Parish Council has written to Staffordshire County Council to draw its attention to the flooding along the Doley Brook. As we predicted, flooding has occurred following the first significant rainfall since the dredging of the brook last year (requested by the County Council) and the floodplain is likely to remain inundated for some time.  This demonstrates the futility of dredging operations to a main river – particularly on such a sensitive stretch between Doley Common SSSI and the Acres. Apart from the prohibitive cost and ecological damage, such dredging has a negligible impact on land drainage and simply contributes to flooding further downstream where communities such as Penkridge and Burton experienced flood-alerts this winter.