PLANNING GAP TOO LONG?
Broxden are a contributory factory because of the run-off that previously might have existed there.”
Cllr McCole questioned how consultation was being done with residents, saying there were no community councils in her ward and many residents would not buy a newspaper or have access to the internet.
She added: “The flooding we experienced in the August event was really a culmination of increased incidents but perhaps more isolated and sporadic over the preceding few years.”
PKC’s senior engineer Peter Dickson said the flood study at Craigie Burn was being done over two phases, with the first phase complete.
He said: “The hydraulic model we use as a basis for these studies was built as part of a project with Scottish Water called the Perth Integrated Catchment Study.
“What we now need to do is have a go at running that model, getting a handle of the actual flood risk and looking at the measures we now need to put in place.”
The study should be completed by the end of 2021.
He said there was a“bit of a gap”with the Perth Flood Scheme and
Craigie Burn and there had been a focus around the WindsorTerrace area.
But given the widespread flooding across the whole Craigie
Burn catchment last August, the study will look at everything from Scouring Burn, Broxden, Craigie Hill down to the area of the South Inch.
He said the flood management plans put in place when building new developments meant they were “effectively neutral”in terms of flood risk“and certainly shouldn’t increase flood risk.”
Mr Dickson said that he took Cllr McCole’s point about consultation and said the authorities had built a long list of contacts following last year’s flooding and he was happy to look at how Perth and Kinross Council can engage more with locals in the light of what was learnt from that experience.