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• Brompton Flooding The revised flood map is included for information; there are some amendments in the centre of the village to the flood zone 2 and 3 extents. The amendments do not affect the allocation site directly though are adjacent to the allocation site. 12
THIRSK AREA • Thirsk Flooding Following the flooding that affected Thirsk and other areas in November 2000, Hambleton District Council set up a Flood Forum to bring Agencies together to consider solutions for significant areas at risk from flooding. The Forum looked to identify the lead agency to address problems at each identified location. A number of options were considered for the flooding in the centre of Thirsk after which the District Council commissioned Consultants JBA in 2004 to investigate the feasibility of providing a Flood Alleviation Scheme for Thirsk. The Hambleton work indicated that there was potential for an economically viable Flood Alleviation Scheme for Thirsk at that time, though further work was required. In April 2006 the responsibility for Cod Beck watercourse was transferred to the Environment Agency (EA) as part of a national programme to rationalise powers for watercourses which posed significant risk for property flooding. This process changed the watercourses’ status from ordinary watercourse to that of having main river status. The main river status means that the EA have permissive powers to carry out works on the watercourse including Flood Alleviation works. This in effect made the EA the lead agency for flood alleviation in Thirsk. EA work on developing a scheme for Thirsk was suspended later in 2006 following cuts in the Agency’s budgets. The present position on the scheme is that the EA has gained funding to recommence work on the Thirsk investigation works in 2008. Consultants – Royal Haskoning were appointed to develop a Project Appraisal Report (PAR) and commenced work in summer 2008. A PAR is a detailed study of an area/community affected by flooding and is used by the EA to inform the prioritisation of funding for Flood Risk Management Schemes. It is anticipated that the Thirsk PAR will be completed in October 2009. The flood map for Thirsk town has been included for information purposes and confirms changes made to the flood zone 2 and 3 extents to the north eastern area of Thirsk in the vicinity of Whitelass Beck. 13
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