M40.15 Flood Risk:

Object

Representation ID: 99180

Received: 04/11/2022

Respondent: King's Lynn Drainage Board

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Following review, we note one allocation site which is partially within the Internal Drainage District (IDD) of the King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board (IDB) and therefore the Board’s Byelaws apply at this site. Whilst the Board’s regulatory process (as set out under the Land Drainage Act 1991 and the Board’s Byelaws) is separate from planning, the ability to implement a planning permission may be dependent on the granting of any required Land Drainage Consents.
We have previously commented on the planning applications for the site area included within allocation MIN 40 at Land East of Grandcourt Farm, East Winch (C/2/2018/2016 and C/2/2018/2017). The Board's Officers are in contact with the site owner about existing discharges from their operations into the Board's critical maintained watercourse known as Middleton Stop Drain located south of Leziate Works.
Site MIN 40 may require Land Drainage Consent from the Board as outlined in the table below and this has the potential to generate conflict between the planning process and the Board's regulatory regime.
Byelaw 3 - Discharge of water to a watercourse (treated foul or surface water) - Consent required
Section 23, Land Drainage Act 1991 - Alteration of a watercourse - Consent may be required
Byelaw 10 - Works within 9 metres of a Broad maintained watercourse - Consent may be required
The Board is particularly concerned about further volumes of water being discharged from the proposed allocation site MIN 40 which could negatively affect the Board's ability to manage catchment flood risk to an acceptable standard.

Object

Representation ID: 99202

Received: 01/12/2022

Respondent: Pauline Davies

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

I live in West Norfolk, where there is an ongoing consideration as to whether the Leziate mineral extraction site should have its rights to mineral extraction extended into the East Winch area, with subsequent waste management plans. At this stage, I have been informed that ‘The appeals against non-determination of the planning applications, lodged by the Applicant, are ongoing. (’31 10 22.). While the Applicant may be concerned about delays, their proposed questionable development is extremely close, within a quarter mile, to people's homes in East Winch village. Given the area's flood risk, it is remarkable that anyone or any agency would consider continuing mineral extraction activities appropriate in West Norfolk, let alone extensions of those activities.