Blacklist for insurance for flooding upgraded to include poor drainage

From today's Sunday Times:

"Nearly half a million households have been warned their insurance premiums could rise by as much as 30% when the government introduces a revised flood map this year. .... The new maps, which will include floods caused by poor drainage, could double the number of homes in that category to one million, according to consultants.

It is currently difficult to find out of your house is at risk of so-called fluvial flooding from drains, although you could ring your local council for advice."

So, if Tesco goes ahead with the Liatris plan (and retaining the former Liatris agents TDP Partnership (Terry Dinham Partnership) seems to indicate this, you might want to check with EDDC and/or Tesco and/or TDP Partnership that if you live in your new house on your floodplain island plateau you will not suffer backflow of sewerage should it be the "self contained island surrounded by at least 1m of water" which Liatris's engineers envisaged in their initial planning application. And that you will get insurance coverage for your home - especially as the average cost of flood damage is said to be, in the article, in the region of £30,000.

Shame about those on lower ground around the island but fortunately the Environment Agency has assured them that the flood risk will be "no greater" than before.

And we can all rest easy in our beds because the same Liatris consultants did forsee some of the problems and suggested that "in times of extreme weather [when the island is self-contained and surrounded by water] they suggest two refuge points [one in the supermarket, one in the visitor's centre] where there would be first-aid facilities AND either two sea tractors or two shallow draft boats to aid in evacuation".

It's so good to know that they thing about the little things, too .......