Burscough Flood Records Report for Burscough Parish Council
Collected and Compiled 2016/17 (revised Nov 2018)
Created by Burscough Flooding Group
Stephen McCloskey (Chair) Gavin Rattray (Secretary) Gordon Anderson (Treasurer) Bernard Webster (Member) Anonymous (Technical Guidance) Terry Jeves (Member)
Preface
Burscough is a great place to live work and visit, and we understand fully why developers want to build here, and why there are eager buyers for new homes. But those new homes and new industrial and commercial premises bring issues that concern us all very much: Our infrastructure is old and in many places isn’t coping with the demands on it. Foul sewer surcharging, and surface water flooding to highways homes and fields cause massive distress to home owners and to business owners, through no fault of their own, and those people don’t deserve that.
The following pages provide up to date, thoroughly researched and checked data concerning flooding in Burscough. Burscough Flood Group has worked tirelessly to prepare this very comprehensive report into the state of our drainage network in Burscough today. The substantial report appended has been compiled by Drainage Consultants SCP and follows the route of one catchment area, and while completed independently and without reference to the register of flooding events in Burscough, serves to validate the findings of Burscough Flood Group’s report. Copies are available on the Parish Council website, www.burscoughpc.co.uk, or to view at the Parish Council Office.
The report demonstrates the extent of flooding in Burscough, and that sometimes reasons for the flooding are complex and are created by a range of constraints. By working together, drawing on, and taking both local knowledge and professional expertise seriously, issues can be identified and solutions put in place before development takes place.
I am pleased to commend this report to you, and to congratulate Burscough Flood Group on the completion of this excellent resource. We urge all agencies that are tasked with ensuring flood risk is minimised, to make use of it and the expert knowledge that local people hold.
By working together to find long term solutions, Burscough can continue to be a great place to make your home.
Alderman Alan Bullen Chairman Burscough Parish Council May 2017
Burscough Flood Records Report Collected and Compiled 2016/17 Executive Summary
On the 8th June 2016 Burscough Parish Council agreed that a residents’ group should be set up to collect flooding evidence and produce a report for a future Parish Council meeting. In response Burscough Flooding Group formed on the 12th July 2016 and subsequently collected evidence from witnesses and victims, contacted through leafleting, advertising and by knocking on doors. It has met with, and made freedom of information legislation requests from, Lancashire County Council, West Lancashire Borough Council, the Environment Agency and United Utilities. Evidence collected has revealed that large amounts of flooding occurred in 2012, 2015 and 2016 with a peak of 73 internal and over 100 external floods occurring in Burscough in 2015. Information provided by residents about the long-term history of flooding showed that a significant number of areas were suffering long term repeat flooding. The Group has found that the causes of flooding were predominantly water discharging from United Utilities surface water and foul sewers in the urban areas; and inadequate capacity of ordinary watercourses, fed with urban surface water run-off, in the downstream rural areas. In the course of the investigations the Group found that United Utilities surface water sewer network drains the un-attenuated surface water flows from several large housing estates into watercourses and believe that this is the primary cause of flooding in Higgins Lane, Crabtree Lane, Orrell Lane and the Truscott Estate. In addition, the Group has found that groundwater flooding occurs around Martin Mere and Yew Tree Farm and that the infiltration of groundwater into watercourses and sewers is highly likely to have been a negative factor in the severity of flooding when it occurs. Maps and photographic evidence of the nature and extent of the flooding in Burscough follow with the flood records at the back of the document containing a comprehensive recent record of the locations, frequency and causes of flooding in Burscough.
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Executive Summary ...... 1
Table of Contents ...... 2
Flood Maps ...... 4
Flood Photographs A to Z ...... 17
What is the Purpose of Flood Risk Management Authorities? ...... 68
Contact Details ...... 69
Location of Other Flooding Information ...... 70
Appendices – Useful (mainly unpublished) Information about Sewer/Drainage Capacity ...... 71
Flood Records ...... 72
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All images have been submitted to Burscough Flooding Group by flooding witnesses or members of the Group unless stated otherwise.
Figure 1 Map of the Watercourses flowing through Burscough ...... 5 Figure 2 Hydrogeology Map of Burscough ...... 6 Figure 3 Map of Burscough showing the Geological Indicators of Flooding ...... 7 Figure 4 Geological Indicators of Flooding Map with Watercourses for Burscough ...... 8 Figure 5 Map of Burscough Showing External Flood Events (2008-2017) ...... 9 Figure 6 Map of Burscough Showing Internal Flood Events (2008-2017) ...... 10 Figure 7 Map of Burscough Watercourses and External Flood Events (2008-2017) ...... 11 Figure 8 Map of Burscough Watercourses and Internal Flood Events (2008-2017) ...... 12 Figure 9 Map of External Flood Events and Functional Sites ...... 13 Figure 10 Map of Internal Flood Events and Functional Sites ...... 14 Figure 11 Map of all Flood Events and Functional Sites ...... 15 Figure 12 Map of all Flood Events with a Hydrogeological Overlay ...... 16 Figure 13 A59 Liverpool Road South (believed to be Sewer Discharge from Mill Dam Lane) ...... 17 Figure 14 A59 Liverpool Road South near Manor Road Junction ...... 18 Figure 15 A59 Liverpool Road South ...... 19 Figure 16 A59 Liverpool Road South (both above) near Higgins Lane ...... 20 Figure 17 A59 Liverpool Road South (Garden Backing onto Yew Tree Farm) ...... 21 Figure 18 A59 Liverpool Road North opposite Mill Lane ...... 22 Figure 19 A59 Liverpool Road North at Warpers Moss Lane Junction ...... 23 Figure 20 Abbey Lane ...... 24 Figure 21 Alexander Close ...... 24 Figure 22 Belmont Close ...... 25 Figure 23 Briars Lane ...... 26 Figure 24 Chapel Lane ...... 26 Figure 25 Crabtree Lane Flooding from Orrell Lane Watercourse ...... 27 Figure 26 Crabtree Lane ...... 27 Figure 27 Crabtree Lane ...... 28 Figure 28 Crabtree Lane ...... 29 Figure 29 Crabtree Lane ...... 30 Figure 30 Crabtree Lane ...... 31 Figure 31 Delph Drive ...... 32 Figure 32 Farmers Arms Pub ...... 32 Figure 33 Farmers Arms Pub ...... 33 Figure 34 Furnival Drive (Surface Water from Higgins Lane)...... 34 Figure 35 Gower Gardens ...... 35 Figure 36 Gower Gardens ...... 35 Figure 37 Higgins Lane near Truscott Road ...... 36 Figure 38 Higgins Lane near Truscott Road ...... 37 Figure 39 Higgins Lane, Tollgate Road and Crabtree Lane Crossroad ...... 38 Figure 40 Junction Lane (2012) ...... 39 Figure 41 Junction Lane ...... 39 Figure 42 Lordsgate Lane ...... 40 Figure 43 Lordsgate Lane ...... 40 Figure 44 Lordsgate Lane (Surface Water Surcharge) ...... 41 3 16/11/2018 Burscough Flood Records Report Collected and Compiled 2016/17
Figure 45 Lordsgate Lane ...... 41 Figure 46 Martin Mere ...... 42 Figure 47 Martin Mere ...... 43 Figure 48 Martin Mere ...... 43 Figure 49 Meadow Lane ...... 44 Figure 50 Mill Dam Road and Manor Avenue (Copyright Environment Agency) ...... 44 Figure 51 Mill Lane (Copyright Environment Agency)...... 45 Figure 52 Mill Lane (2017) ...... 46 Figure 53 Moss Lane ...... 47 Figure 54 New Lane Rail Crossing (Flood from SPS) ...... 48 Figure 55 New Lane Rail Crossing (Flood from SPS) ...... 49 Figure 56 New Lane Sewage Pumping Station (New Lane WWTW) ...... 50 Figure 57 New Lane Sewage Pumping Station (New Lane WWTW) ...... 51 Figure 58 New Lane Village Centre ...... 51 Figure 59 New Lane WWTW, Map of Choked Watercourses (©Google) Circa 2017 ...... 52 Figure 60 New Lane WWTW picture of Choked Watercourses Circa 2017 ...... 53 Figure 61 Orrell Lane ...... 53 Figure 62 Pippin Street ...... 54 Figure 63 Pippin Street Blackacre Lane Junction (Sept 2016) ...... 54 Figure 64 Richmond Avenue ...... 55 Figure 65 School Lane (Sept 2016) ...... 56 Figure 66 School Lane ...... 56 Figure 67 Slipway Pub ...... 57 Figure 68 Slipway Car Park ...... 57 Figure 69 Square Lane near Post Office (Sept 2016) ...... 58 Figure 70 Square Lane Garden near Post Office (Sept 2016) ...... 59 Figure 71 Square Lane near Junction Lane Roundabout ...... 60 Figure 72 Springfield Close (both above) off A59 Liverpool Road South (July 2017) ...... 61 Figure 73 Springfield Close off A59 Liverpool Road South (July 2017) ...... 62 Figure 74 Sutch and Carr Lanes (Lathom) ...... 63 Figure 75 Sutch Lane (Lathom) ...... 64 Figure 76 Tollgate Road Pippin Street End ...... 65 Figure 77 Tollgate Road, Higgins Lane End ...... 65 Figure 78 Warpers Moss Lane (August 2016) ...... 66 Figure 79 Warpers Moss Lane (Nov 2016)...... 67
Flood Maps
The following pages illustrate the nature and extent of the flooding in Burscough, showing maps of known flooding events and environmental factors to investigate areas suffering from repeat internal and external flooding (2008 – 2017).
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Figure 1 Map of the Watercourses flowing through Burscough
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Figure 2 Hydrogeology Map of Burscough
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Class 1 – Higher flood potential: the first areas to experience the effects of flooding Class 2 – Lower flood potential: areas affected by secondary flooding in extreme cases as a result of a prolonged flood event Coastal – Flooding from the sea Fluvial – Flooding from rivers and water channels
Figure 3 Map of Burscough showing the Geological Indicators of Flooding
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Class 1 – Higher flood potential: the first areas to experience the effects of flooding Class 2 – Lower flood potential: areas affected by secondary flooding in extreme cases as a result of a prolonged flood event Coastal – Flooding from the sea Fluvial – Flooding from rivers and water channels.
Figure 4 Geological Indicators of Flooding Map with Watercourses for Burscough
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Figure 5 Map of Burscough Showing External Flood Events (2008-2017)
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Figure 6 Map of Burscough Showing Internal Flood Events (2008-2017)
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Figure 7 Map of Burscough Watercourses and External Flood Events (2008-2017)
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Figure 8 Map of Burscough Watercourses and Internal Flood Events (2008-2017)
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Figure 9 Map of External Flood Events and Functional Sites
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Figure 10 Map of Internal Flood Events and Functional Sites
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Figure 11 Map of all Flood Events and Functional Sites
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The number of flood events within the highly productive aquifer in Figure 12, show that naturally the soil and rocks would take rainfall into them away from the surface. This is being stopped by urbanisation and drainage issues, so the excess surface water floods instead of draining naturally.
Figure 12 Map of all Flood Events with a Hydrogeological Overlay
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Figure 13 A59 Liverpool Road South (believed to be Sewer Discharge from Mill Dam Lane)
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Figure 14 A59 Liverpool Road South near Manor Road Junction
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Figure 15 A59 Liverpool Road South
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Figure 16 A59 Liverpool Road South (both above) near Higgins Lane
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Figure 17 A59 Liverpool Road South (Garden Backing onto Yew Tree Farm)
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Figure 18 A59 Liverpool Road North opposite Mill Lane
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Figure 19 A59 Liverpool Road North at Warpers Moss Lane Junction
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Figure 20 Abbey Lane
Figure 21 Alexander Close 24 16/11/2018 Burscough Flood Records Report Collected and Compiled 2016/17
Figure 22 Belmont Close
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Figure 23 Briars Lane
Figure 24 Chapel Lane
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Figure 25 Crabtree Lane Flooding from Orrell Lane Watercourse
Figure 26 Crabtree Lane
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Figure 27 Crabtree Lane
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Figure 28 Crabtree Lane
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Figure 29 Crabtree Lane
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Figure 30 Crabtree Lane
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Figure 31 Delph Drive
Figure 32 Farmers Arms Pub
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Figure 33 Farmers Arms Pub
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Figure 34 Furnival Drive (Surface Water from Higgins Lane)
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Figure 35 Gower Gardens
Figure 36 Gower Gardens 35 16/11/2018 Burscough Flood Records Report Collected and Compiled 2016/17
Figure 37 Higgins Lane near Truscott Road
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Figure 38 Higgins Lane near Truscott Road
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Figure 39 Higgins Lane, Tollgate Road and Crabtree Lane Crossroad
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Figure 40 Junction Lane (2012)
Figure 41 Junction Lane
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Figure 42 Lordsgate Lane
Figure 43 Lordsgate Lane
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Figure 44 Lordsgate Lane (Surface Water Surcharge)
Figure 45 Lordsgate Lane
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Figure 46 Martin Mere
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Figure 47 Martin Mere
Figure 48 Martin Mere
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Figure 49 Meadow Lane
Figure 50 Mill Dam Road and Manor Avenue (Copyright Environment Agency)
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Figure 51 Mill Lane (Copyright Environment Agency)
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Figure 52 Mill Lane (2017)
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Figure 53 Moss Lane
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Figure 54 New Lane Rail Crossing (Flood from SPS) 48 16/11/2018 Burscough Flood Records Report Collected and Compiled 2016/17
Figure 55 New Lane Rail Crossing (Flood from SPS)
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Figure 56 New Lane Sewage Pumping Station (New Lane WWTW)
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Figure 57 New Lane Sewage Pumping Station (New Lane WWTW)
Figure 58 New Lane Village Centre
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Figure 59 New Lane WWTW, Map of Choked Watercourses (©Google) Circa 2017
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Figure 60 New Lane WWTW picture of Choked Watercourses Circa 2017
Figure 61 Orrell Lane
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Figure 62 Pippin Street
Figure 63 Pippin Street Blackacre Lane Junction (Sept 2016)
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Figure 64 Richmond Avenue
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Figure 65 School Lane (Sept 2016)
Figure 66 School Lane
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Figure 67 Slipway Pub
Figure 68 Slipway Car Park
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Figure 69 Square Lane near Post Office (Sept 2016)
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Figure 70 Square Lane Garden near Post Office (Sept 2016)
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Figure 71 Square Lane near Junction Lane Roundabout
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Figure 72 Springfield Close (both above) off A59 Liverpool Road South (July 2017)
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Figure 73 Springfield Close off A59 Liverpool Road South (July 2017)
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Figure 74 Sutch and Carr Lanes (Lathom)
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Figure 75 Sutch Lane (Lathom)
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Figure 76 Tollgate Road Pippin Street End
Figure 77 Tollgate Road, Higgins Lane End
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Figure 78 Warpers Moss Lane (August 2016) 66 16/11/2018 Burscough Flood Records Report Collected and Compiled 2016/17
Figure 79 Warpers Moss Lane (Nov 2016)
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Burscough Flooding Group (BFG) found that West Lancashire's flood risks are managed by four Flood Risk Management Authorities (FRMAs):
Lancashire County Council (LCC) West Lancashire Borough Council (WLBC)
Environment Agency (EA) United Utilities (UU) The FRMAs have legal duties to, co-operate, collect data, undertake investigations and hold meetings to discuss flood risk. The FRMA collectively hold and manage large amounts of data on flooding and have considerable expertise. BFG has made contact on many levels with the group to seek their assistance and find out what they know about the flooding problems in Burscough. BFG found that their ‘Making Space for Water’ meetings are held in private and all of the FRMAs keep relevant data on the causes and locations of flood risks secret from the public, councillors and planning committee members. So much of the information obtained from the FRMAs has, by necessity, been obtained using Freedom of Information Legislation. In the case of UU, who refused to divulge flooding information because they said it was commercial and exempt from FOI legislation, some information was obtained through making complaints and through the help of a Borough Councillor and LCC. BFG found examples of clear contradictions between the actions of all the individual FRMAs and their duty to ‘work in partnership to deliver flood risk management better to the benefit of their communities’, Flood risk management: information for flood risk management authorities, asset owners and local authorities, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency. For example, in 2010 UU told WLBC that 114 properties in Burscough were at risk from surface water flooding [from its sewers], 92 external and 22 internal and they would strongly object to any large development in the Burscough catchment area because its sewer network was overloaded. At the time the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) for Burscough contained a caveat preventing large scale development in Burscough without drainage infrastructure improvements. Yet WLBC redrafted the SFRA into two parts and excluded the previous caveat limiting development. Public money was used by WLBC in 2010 to investigate various flood risks in Burscough. The resulting report, which was kept secret, identified many things including that the Tollgate Road surface water drain has insufficient capacity and the road floods (it has done for years). That information wasn’t provided to the planning committee for them to consider in 2014 before they approved the connection of the Booths site to the Tollgate Road surface water drainage, and the planning evidence indicates that WLBC didn’t share that information with LCC either. Subsequently the Booths development flooded onto the Tollgate Road in 2016 blocking it.
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It does not include the flooding evidence supplied to them by BFG about the widespread foul and surface water sewer flooding that occurred in the urban area
It does not include the extensive surface water flooding that occurred in the downstream areas
When it mentions flooding in Mill Lane, it states that the cause was unknown, yet in 2004 WLBC recorded that houses and the road at Mill Lane and Ainscough Mill were flooded due to inadequate capacity of the sewers. That underlying problem has never been solved and BFG have been spoken to by residents who are flooded annually and have been campaigning to get the drains fixed since they moved there in 2008 The FRMAs have recently passed a motion not to take minutes of their ‘Making Space for Water’ meetings adding an inappropriate level of secrecy to their activities.
Contact Details
Report flooding to:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Search for Burscough Flooding Group or go to https://en-gb.facebook.com/Burscough-Residents-Flooding-Group-1024888147595402/ Write to: Burscough Flooding Group (Care of Burscough Parish Council) Office 1 Martland Mill Mart Lane Burscough Lancashire L40 0SD Telephone: 01704 894914 (Care of Burscough Parish Council)
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The following reports/assessments are provided on Burscough Parish Councils Website. Go to http://www.burscoughpc.co.uk and search under More and Flooding and Drainage:
2010_27214__wlbc_burscough_flood_studies_report_2010__2_.pdf
2015_scp_drainage_assessment_review_ytf0001.pdf
2017_scp_appendix_16548-0500-001_-_drainage_run_sheet_1_of_2__3_.pdf
2017_scp_appendix_16548-0500-002_-_drainage_run_sheet_2_of_2__2_.pdf
2017_scp_appendix_16548-0500-004-_catchment_area__3_.pdf
2017_scp_appendix_burscough_modelling_results_-_maintated_ditches__2_.pdf
2017_scp_appendix_burscough_modelling_results_-_unmaintated_ditches.pdf
2017_scp_appendix_uu_16548_16548_crab_tree_lane_burscough__higgins_lane_burscough_bri dge_l....pdf
2017_scp_narrative_burscough_hydraulic_modelling_report_meadowbrook_to_crabtree_ln__2_. pdf
bfg_2017_05_flood_report_preface.docx
for details of LCC report on the December 2015 floods see www.lancashire.gov.uk/council/performance-inspections-reviews/environmental/flood- investigation-report.aspx
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Burscough Flooding Group believes that the following data in the attached pdf, Flood Records for Burscough-Rev15 10112017.pdf, is a comprehensive recent record of the locations, frequency and causes of flooding in Burscough and the only comprehensive openly available record:
72 16/11/2018 sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes 1 Including boxing day 2015 Ground water frequent long lasting problem Including boxing day 2015 *The external floods are a low approximation (some years Ground water frequent long lasting problem. may have no floods and other years will have more than 1111 1 1 1 1 Yes since 2012 50% of the garden gets covered with water for up to four weeks. Front 1). The householder believes that they flood externally at garden of same house also floods from UUs A59 sewers see following least annually on average but can't remember the exact dates Ground water frequent long lasting problem Photos are from 2012, the flooding has happened on a number of occasions and last for several months. 1 1 1 Yes Including boxing day 2015 Records for 2014 aren't definite. Another neighbour has supplied additional photographs and information as follows. Rang WLBC in late 2012 who said My neighbour's garden floods so badly that the sun chairs were often floating on top contact UU. UU said they couldn't Rear gardens of of the water do anything as their responsibility Liverpool Road South Ground water frequent long lasting problem ended at the road at the front Photos are from 2012, the flooding has happened on a number of occasions and last gate. They said try LCC Including boxing day 2015 for several months. For instance, the end of my garden was under water from Boxing *The external floods are a low approximation based on the 1111 1 1 1 1 Yes Day 2015 until late February 2016. information supplied Records for 2014 aren't definite. A neighbour has supplied additional photographs and information as follows. My neighbour's garden is permanently flooded for 2/3 months per year
Ground water frequent long lasting problem. My garden 209 was permanently flooded , for 4 months,from 1974 to approx 1979. *The external floods are a low approximation based on the After the farmer had installed earth drains,the flooding only occurred at the rear of 1111 1 1 1 1 Yes information supplied the garden. Since then we have installed a soil drain under the lawn and there is a drain pit at the rear of the garden. We have had to get a new shed and that has been raised off the flags. Beds are continually flooded after a downpour Boxing day 2015 This flood actually started Christmas day. UU came out and Ground water Mescar Lane 1 1 UU identified the cause as a rising water table due to the Christmas day 25/12/2015 persisting for several days water on the field behind
As the BFG. group are probably aware, Richmond Park is susceptible to some sort of flooding most winter's. Encouraged by a grant from Mr.Steve Kent, from WLBC parks and gardens department and a top up from Burscough Richmond Football Club via an FA grant of £15,000, new drainage was installed under and around the park including the football pitch area. Unfortunately last winter, as we all know was particularly bad, culminating in the football team not playing games on the pitch from around the last week's of October till the end of Febuary. Up to now this season we've been Richmond Park (Field) 1 1 Oct 2015 through February 2016 lucky with only one game called off...... This led me to thinking , why did we bother with the drainage under the park, surely getting things sorted further along the drainage system would have been a more sensible idea. As it is, the money to the tune of £ 40,000 at this moment in time has been a waste of time ? The area from Richmond park, Junction lane right down to the old mill in Mill lane are a problem flooding area's, as we all know now from last winter
Boxing Day 2015 Surface water Daisy Lane 1 No Daisy Lane/Meadow Lane/ railway junction flooded Railway crossing flooded
Boxing day 2015 Burscough Community 8-acre field was submerged in over 5' feet of water from Surface water Farm 1 Yes the Eller Brook, resulting in the loss of 32 chickens & ducks, Devastating deep flood on boxing day 2015 Meadow Lane beehives & crops Surface water Including boxing day 2015 Bernie Webster (BFG) had at least one recent high external flood. The date of the Resident told that when funds are available an external flood is unknown so estimated as 2014? investigation will be carried out. WLBC WLBC report owner, Mr Webster concerned about the capacity of the culvert *The external floods are a low approximation (some years 1 1 1111111 Yes Lancashire County Council. running under the railway running south to north to the west of his property. may have no floods and other years will have more than Network Rail, LCC Highways Dept However, after a very short open section this runs into a much smaller culvert under 1). The householder believes that they flood externally at the farmers field. least annually on average but can't remember the exact EA surveyor took a level on a step (9.77m) which Mr Webster said was the height of dates the floodwater sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes Surface water These are 5 houses also known to have suffered flooding at the same time to a 5 5 1 1 1 No WLBC Including boxing day 2015 similar level as Bernie's above. The date of the external flood is unknown so estimated as 2014? Lancashire County Council 1 1 1 1 1 Yes Including boxing day 2015 Surface water Network Rail, LCC Highways Dept
Surface water The water came off the fields with nowhere to drain to as all the drains where full. Our septic tank could not drain away with very unpleasant consequences. 1 Yes Boxing day 2015 We have still go an elderly couple staying with us at our property, who are still having Crabtree Lane repair works done to their cottage, and will be at least another 6 weeks before they (High Risk WLBC) can return home Surface water 2 2 Yes Including boxing day 2015 Lasted for over a week no interest from agencies contacted thought be due to lack of culvert capacity Surface water this was the view from our front door step between Christmas and New Year 1 Yes Including boxing day 2015 Crabtree Lane When we contacted the council no one was interested in doing anything nor about closing the road to traffic which made matters worse with motorists speeding Surface water WLBC because they successfully WLBC didn't keep the records of the many unsuccessful flood relief applicants nor 5 5 Including boxing day 2015 got a grant from them will they give us the records of any flood victims asside from the Boxing Day 2015 ones Surface water 1 Fluvial - Ordinary watercourse 22/06/2016 FOI request on WLBC
We went down Crabtree by the slipway and that was just as bad 1 5th September 2017 Surface water suspected LCC/UU sewers [as higgins lane/indsutrail estate] looks like a river!!
Surface water flooding My wife & I stayed on to listen to the debate on flooding issues. Where we live on Moss Lane in between Burscough & Rufford we have not been directly involved with flooding problems. Nevertheless, we have seen from our back bedroom window the Low Meadows Attended BPC Meeting August Including boxing day 2015 devastation caused on Low Meadows some 400 metres across the railway line & Farmland (near Moss 1 No 2016 canal from us. We were appalled at the way the DOE and other organisations appear Lane) to be trying to distance themselves from the problem & the way they are dismissing the value of keeping the various pumping stations going. I don't know just what the annual maintenance bill for these pumping stations is but perhaps there is another way of financing their upkeep.
Insurance company's investigators 1 1 1 1 Yes are having an independent report Including boxing day 2015 Surface water prepared
Boxing day 2015 Afraid to report in case house Water sheds off the A59 and into my home/garden.Water Internal ground water flooding and external surface water flooding 1 1 becomes uninsurable weeping into lowest part of the house for two weeks Moss Lane before culminating in a flood on boxing day 2015
External surface water flooding *The external floods are a low approximation (some years may have no floods and 1111111 Including boxing day 2015 other years will have more than 1). The householder believes that they flood externally at least annually on average but can't remember the exact dates
Unknown WLBC because they successfully Moss Lane 2 2 Boxing day 2015 One received £500 payment from WLBC and one received £5000 + £500 got a grant from them FOI request on WLBC Langley Rd Junction of Unknown 1 LCC Crabtree Lane External 18/08/2016 Redcat Lane junction Surface water 1 Highway - under sized culvert of Crabtree Lane FOI request on WLBC sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes WLBC Junction Lane train UU Flooding in train station car park - LCC highways advised Cause UU sewer at capacity stated by UU station car park LCC Surface water Sutch Lane Lathom 1 Yes Boxing day 2015 Local brook flooded because the Ellerbrook was too high for it to drain to it. Residents had to remove low level dyke to prevent their houses flooding
Surface water 1 Yes Boxing day 2015 Local brook flooded because the Ellerbrook was too high for it to drain to it Carr Lane Lathom LCC Flood Data Appendix A & Suspected surface water 3 WLBC because they successfully Boxing day 2015 Described as Carr Lane area (however nothing else internal has been recorded in this got a £500 grant from them area) Tarlscough 3 LCC Flood Data Appendix A Boxing day 2015 Unknown could be surface water/groundwater Including boxing day 2015 Salthouse Farm Moss Landowner estimated they suffered frequent at least Surface Water 111 1 11 Lane A59 annual flooding of land, lost a valuable crop on Boxing Day Local brook flooded because the Ellerbrook was too high for it to drain to it 2015 WLBC because they successfully 2 2 Including boxing day 2015 Suspected surface water/ground water got grants from them Including boxing day 2015 Suspected surface water/ground water 1 1 LCC A drain outside one house opposite Martin Mere has been House flooded to a depth of 5" blocked for months Suspected surface water/ground water Fish Lane Saved house from flooding in 2016 by digging ditches 1 1 1 Road and garden flooded They have lived there for 30 years and believe that the water table is now around it and installing a pump substantially higher than it used to be because the problems only started in 2014
1 1 1 Road and garden flooded Within a couple of inches of entering house in June 2016 Suspected surface water/ground water 1 Including boxing day 2015 Suspected surface water/ground water 1 Including boxing day 2015 Suspected surface water/ground water 1 Including boxing day 2015 Suspected surface water/ground water Widespread flooding occured in September 2012 when MM had to make huge efforts to rescue birds from all over Martin Mere 1 1 Yes Widespread flooding the sanctuary. Believed it was reported in the Champion at the time. Road flooding pictures supplied to *The external floods are a low approximation based on the Abbey Lane 11 11111 Yes Regular Surface Water Flooding Facebook March 2017 information supplied Surface water on the road adjacent to the airfield from the roundabout/junction to Pippin Street 1 Yes Blackacre Lane
Including boxing day 2015 and June 11th 2016 cellar flooded 1 1 1 1 Lancashire Highways Dept Streets cleaned up 3 weeks after Dec flooding. In June UU sewer surcharge drains cleaned after 1 week Chapel Lane Previously flooded in June 1992 and September 1993
WLBC because they successfully Suspected sewer surcharging 1 got a £500 grant from them but Boxing day 2015 Received £500 payment from WLBC didn't get a £5000 one FOI request on WLBC
Including boxing day 2015 1 Yes United Utilities UU Sewer surcharge been told nothing can be done
2 Yes LCC by BPC Nasty sewer floods onto the road June 2017 UU Sewer surcharge
Alexander Close sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes There is known to be a long history Including boxing day 2015 of flooding here, A quote from a Frequent UU Sewer surcharging 1 1 Yes resident was, "United Utilities Thought to be lots of frequent external sewer floods but A resident telephoned to say that a SPS had been fitted to their road and since then frequently come and wash down because of the height of the houses above the road rare to he thought that their flooding had moved from here to Gower Gardens the road" have internal floods Including boxing day 2015 Richmond Avenue/ UU Investigation 2015 found gullies blocked and blocked 1 1 1 Yes UU Sewer surcharge Junction Lane manhole Frequent UU Sewer surcharging 2016 Thought to be a result of surface water being unable to drain because the sewers 1 WLBC and LCC and multiple flooding in train station car park - LCC were full/surcharging Junction Lane highways advised FOI request on WLBC 17/10/2016 (High Risk WLBC) Suspected sewer surcharging 2 Boxing day 2015 Received £500 payment from WLBC FOI request on WLBC answered by WLBC 17/10/2016 Richmond Avenue 1 No Boxing day 2015 Suspected UU sewer surcharge Richmond Avenue/ 1 Yes Boxing day 2015 Suspected UU sewer surcharge Square Lane Including boxing day 2015 1 1 Yes UU Sewer surcharging Frequent 1 No Boxing day 2015 Suspected UU sewer surcharge
Suspected surface water flooding Front of property and road has flooded on and off for the 20 years he’s lived here. Road is at a natural low point and water can’t drain away. Says it DOES drain, slowly. Showed me outside on the road where there used to be 2 gulleys side by side, but the council filled one/tarmaced over it. There is another gulley opposite, but that’s it. *The external road floods are a low approximation based 111111 1 Stated that in times of flood, water has been pumped towards them from on the information supplied Truscot/Higgins Lane, so it’s inevitable their flooding is worse than it would have been. Showed me a property opposite where ‘they’ have had cameras down the drains. Said there is suspected to be some kind of collapse or blockage under the Furnival Drive ‘branch-line’ where furnival Drive splits off to feed about 10 houses, and traffic (High Risk WLBC) bollards etc have been fished out before now.
has lived there since 1952. No flooding back then, but the properties then were tin huts wher the Navy (!) lived. Says there used to be a stream and ditches leading around where the houses now are, and off over towards the canal, but were filled in many years ago. 1971 was the first time it flooded. 1983/4 the whole estate flooded badly. Thios house flooded up to the 2nd step of the stairs, and there is already a tall step to go into the house. So, probably 2.5 ft? House would have flooded on other occasions also, but they put sandbags in front of the door. This man has worked for the council and also the Water board and has an excellent memory. Says the water comes off Yew Tree Farm,and will be made much worse by development there. Says UU need to spend a LOT of money, and until they do, the problems will only get worse.
1 No Boxing day 2015 Suspected UU sewer surcharge Hesketh Road Including boxing day 2015 1 1 Yes First occurred in the 1980s UU Sewer surcharging Frequent sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes
Including boxing day 2015 I have been flooded several times the last being this Saturday 11/6/16 These people are “passionate” about the subject, and have supplied us video and stills of the Boxing Day flooding via Facebook. Have experienced flooding here since they moved in in 2008. Have applied for Grant but have had Flooded several times. some kind of difficulty due to initial application refused (?) Have applied for a grant to do Have just been told to supply a 2nd quote. They have 1 11111111 Yes some flood resilience to the house engaged with a builder who is going to make alterations to UU Sewer surcharging but they [believed WLBC] are not the front and move a drain, because the builder stated the making it easy drain that the gulleys (outside this development) feed into is not connected. So he will put a drain from front garden and feed it into the downpipe drain, which is connected. Only too happy to help us, and very appreciative of the work we’re doing. *The external floods 2004 to 2014 are a low approximation (some years may have no floods and other years will have more than 1).
Identified as having multiple 11/10/2016 sources (therefore multiple floods) UU Sewer surcharging 1 Thought to be sewer surcharging because of the long by WLBC and passed to LLFA by FOI request on WLBC history of flooding on the original Mill Lane (road) WLBC WLBC because they successfully UU Sewer surcharging 11 1 Boxing day 2015 got a £500 grant from them
UU Sewer surcharging Mill Lane Houses and Flooding of properites (numbers inknown) and carriageway due to UU PLC sewer Flats under capacity recorded by WLBC from FOI received 8/11/2016 & 17/10/2016. No dates provided for the floods outside 2005 but assumed as boxing day. Classified as 16 6 2 WLBC records 2004 high risk in WLBC records. Verbal evidence from a former resident who used to get flooded to a BFG member, indicated that Mill Lane has a long history of flooding that UU even when prompted by letters from MP Rosie Cooper were unable/unwilling to solve
1 BFG Member report Nov-16 Back garden flooded due to blocked culvert see November Notes 1 BFG Member report Flooded garage and back garden applied for £5000 grant from WLBC
These people are “passionate” about the subject, and have supplied us video and stills of the Boxing Day flooding via Facebook. Have experienced flooding here since they moved in in 2008. Have applied for Grant but have had some kind of difficulty due to initial application refused (?) Have just been told to supply a 2nd quote. They have engaged with a builder who is going to make alterations to the front and move 11111111 BFG Member report a drain, because the builder stated the drain that the gulleys (outside this development) feed into is not connected. So he will put a drain from front garden and feed it into the downpipe drain, which is connected. Only too happy to help us, and very appreciative of the work we’re doing. *The external floods are a low approximation (some years may have no floods and other years will have more than 1)
(other side of road) VERY knowledgable, and has been campaigning regarding flooding for years, but nobody interested. Elderly geny, has lived here since houses built. Says this part of the road has a history of sewage flooding. Historically has experienced “waist high flooding”. Has an engineering background. Has warned BFG Member report Persimmon about it, but was ignored. Says the drainage pipe they put in the ground should be 1m diameter bbut what whey put in was one-third of a meter. Happy to talk more in day time. Has lots of photos on computer, but “doesn’t know how to get them off”. Will go back and see him during daytime sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes
I did sent it to WLBC first who replied back saying it wasn't their responsibility but they had UU Sewer surcharging forwarded my email onto I will try United utilities but LCC never even mentioned that it was their responsibility LCC...which I received an Weaver Ave 1 1 Yes Including boxing day 2015 ....I was complaining about the need for flood defences to stop future flooding rather automated email to say my query than clearing the water up, the poor people on Warpers moss lane whose house had was being looked into by them and been flooded had complained about that they would respond within a certain time ....but still I've never received reply from January
Spoke to three resident and found that it was a very frequently UU Sewer surcharging due to it being HI as calculated by SCP 1111111 Yes Including boxing day 2015 flooded event area also identified I use very frequent to describe annual or greater by BPC report as HI
UU sewer surcharging Hi we live at Lordsgate lane and the flooding we have had to put up with is ridiculous, every time it rains the water from the field in Liverpool road runs down Lordsgate Lane, as well as the rain in the road it all flows down the bottom and there is a lake, I swear the other year a guy had a canoe and was canoeing honestly , also there are 1 Yes Including boxing day 2015 some builders also at the bottom and they have a hose coming off the site and going into the road, the grids are all blocked up in fact there are weeds growing from them. also the land where they are building is always under water but they have put loads I mean loads of stones on top so were the rain is going to go, god knows. I would really appreciate something being done. Yours a resident Lordsgate Lane (Medium Risk WLBC) Sewer surcharging problems since at least 1993 UU sewer surcharging both surface water and foul (more detail in residents letter) UU found a blockage and said that was the cause was FOC not HI Garden drive and patio flooded Including boxing day 2015 2016 LCC repaired damage caused by BT to manhole on the A59 and said that was 2 4 No Frequent flooding at the bottom of LCC compensated the resident a couple of times and the cause of flooding Lordsgate Lane since 1993 cleaned sewage from decking Booths opened in July 2015 and connected a combined drain to the Lordsgate Lane combined system - resident reported increased flooding (with a vengance) from December 2015
Identified as having multiple 14/09/2016 sources (therefore multiple floods) Sewer surcharging 1 Thought to be sewer surcharging because of the long by WLBC and passed to LLFA by FOI request on WLBC history WLBC Identified as having multiple 11/10/2016 sources (therefore multiple floods) Sewer surcharging 1 Yes Thought to be sewer surcharging because of the long by WLBC and passed to LLFA by FOI request on WLBC history WLBC
LCC are unable to prevent frequent surcharging from the manhole. We can check and cleanse the system and undertake any repairs that may be required. Alexander Close 1 Yes Including boxing day 2015 UU Sewer surcharging We cannot prevent intense rainfall over-whelming the system. Short intense bursts of rainfall do cause surface water flooding issues which in the main quickly subsides.
Belmont Close 1 Yes Boxing day 2015 Suspected UU sewer surcharging June 11th 2016 Investigated by UU and found to Entire A59 closed due to flooding from Booths to Liverpool Road South 1 be surcharging sewer near square UU Sewer surcharging on A59 A59/Junction Lane UU initially blamed blocked highway lane drains then their investigation found sewer surcharging Suspected sewer surcharging WLBC because they successfully 1 1 Boxing day 2015 Received £5000 + £500 payment from WLBC got a £500 grant and a £5000 one FOI request on WLBC Junction Lane sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes Junction Lane WLBC because they successfully Suspected sewer surcharging 1 1 got a £500 grant and applied for a Boxing day 2015 Received £5000 + £500 payment from WLBC £5000 one FOI request on WLBC UU sewer surcharging New Lane near WLBC because they successfully 1 1 Boxing day 2015 Resident said caused by failure of UU's sewage pumps during the storm but a video industrial estate got a grant from them of 2008/15 shows lack of capacity in the undertrack culvert is the cause UU sewer surcharging New Lane near 1 One business internally flooded Boxing day 2015 I spoke to UU and they said that it hadn't been reported to them industrial estate Road drain cover manhole discharging water near the swing bridge
UU sewer surcharging Telephone caller said worst flood in 11 years Two houses externally flooded and Frequent road flooding (at least annual). Flooding on street from field and from Yes Boxing day 2015 one internal on boxing day surcharging road sewer and flooding on field from surcharging manhole from the 1 1 1 1 1 1 1111113 (+ and January 2008 (resident estimates one internal sewer culvert underneath the rail line. *The external floods are a low approximation videos) one house road flooded annually) (some years may have no floods and other years will have more than 1). The householder believes that they flood externally at least annually on average but can't remember the exact dates
New Lane near Suspected sewer surcharging Sewage Pumping 1 Boxing day 2015 Received £500 payment from WLBC Station FOI request on WLBC
A resident living in the house nearest to the rail crossing, opposite the crossing house, spoke to BFG/LCC/Jacobs whilst we were on a site visit. He informed us all that the pumping station had been regularly flooding the rail crossing and farmland for the entire 20 years he had lived there. He also pointed out that the two sewer 19/11/2018 culvert manholes adjacent to the line had been bolted by UU moving the flooding to the centre of the main street and that the farmer had built a dyke at the side of the culvert to try and direct the flow of sewage when it next occurs from spreading all over his land
Deep flooding which didn't enter Suspected surface water and sewer surcharging Delph Drive 1 Yes houses because residents dug Boxing day 2015 Because residents problems eased then got worse when junction lanes drains backed ditches and borrowed a pump up and junction lane has surcharging issues
WLBC because they successfully Suspected sewer surcharging 1 got a £500 grant from them but Boxing day 2015 Received £500 payment from WLBC didn't get a £5000 one FOI request on WLBC
This part of warpers moss lane was 1 Yes Boxing day 2015 Suspected UU sewer surcharging particularly bad
Including boxing day 2015 12/12/15 Flooded in both Boxing Day and (not as bad in) June. Water 26/12/15 reached 12 inches up wall in garage, in part due to waves 03/01/16 2 4 Yes created by cars that failed to slow down when going Suspected UU sewer surcharging 08/01/16 through flood water outside house. Suspect flood water 10/01/16 due to blocked gulleys. Garage was flooded, and front 11/06/16 garden/driveway. Not made claim for grant
Front and side gardens flooded in Boxing Day. Front garden also in June. Has had to put boarding up on gate to act against waves created by cars. Flooded several times since the ‘80’s. Has had to fill in ventilation blocks at side of house to stop water getting in under the house. Water has 1 1 Yes 26/12/2016 Suspected UU sewer surcharging Warpers Moss Lane got in through vent bricks at the front of house before now. Road floods if rains for more than 2 hours constantly. A lot of water flows down the road downhill from the A59 due to blocked gulleys. He reports regularly to WLBC. No action taken by them most of the time. The road outside these houses is in a slight dip, so water stops there. Problem is blocked gulleys sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes Boxing Day- flooded half way up drive. “wet the garage 1 26/12/2015 floor” on 26/12/15 but no damage to property Not as bad in June. Cars make waves that make problem worse.
Suspected UU sewer surcharging Hi Further to your leaflet in The Champion we can confirm that Warpers Moss Lane at the junction with Weaver Avenue has been flooded on several occasions over the last few years. Most recently Boxing Day 2015 when it was at its worst with water lying from the junction with Warpers Moss Close right up to just past the public 1 1 Frequent occurrence Including boxing day 2015 footpath. This incident was the worst we've experienced in a long time with the water coming right up to our front door and completely covering the pavements so as to be unable to distinguish the road from the pavement. The last time Warpers Moss Lane was flooded albeit for just a few hours was Saturday 11th June 2016 after a torrential downpour. Hope this is of assistance to your cause.
Just to confirm that Warpers Moss Lane was flooded on the left hand bend travelling 1 22/11/2016 from Burscough on Tuesday 22 November 2016. The water was half way across the road and looked like it had been further across. Tollgate Road 1 1 Yes Frequent occurrence June 11th 2016 Suspected UU surface water sewer Truscott Road 1 Yes Frequent occurrence June 11th 2016 UU surface water sewer under Higgins Lane surcharges Truscott Road 1 Boxing day 2015 UU surface water sewer Higgins Lane/Truscott 1 Yes Frequent occurrence Boxing day 2015 UU surface water sewer surcharging under Higgins Lane Road Junction
UU sewer surcharging A59 Flooding Over the 29 years I have seen regular flooding on the A59 road directly outside my house each time we have heavy rain, the drains don't seem to cope with Including boxing day 2015 A59 South of the farmhouse the problem even though they seem to be drain cleaners working on them. I have *The external floods are a low Frequent flooding to road and front garden only some of seen a number of people get drenched from spray when vehicles pass through deep 111111121 Yes approximation based on the the examples of severe flooding have been counted 2012, rainwater/sewage lying on the road. It is not safe for pedestrians to be walking in this information supplied 26/12/15, 11/06/16, 13/09/16 area when it rains and floods. The drivers fail to slow down and by travelling at speed Also see A59 rear garden flooding from also have the potential to cause accidents. I have vivid recollections that on 26 December 2015 and 11 June 20016 that the water lying on both sides of the road nearly met in the middle, only the ridge in the middle prevented this
UU sewer surcharging 1 1 1 Yes Including boxing day 2015 June 2016 Flooded drive and garden Including boxing day 2015 *The external floods are a low A59 Liverpool Road Internal flood June 2016 UU sewer surcharging 1 111111111 Yes approximation based on the South A59 Near square Lane June 2016 Flooded drive and garden and house information supplied
Manor Road sewer surcharging UU Sewer surcharging 1 Yes talked about at BPC meeting as a Aug-16 Late at night on the 28th August flood caused by 20 minutes of very heavy rain which frequent occurence drained away after approximately 20 minutes
We were flooded on boxing day 2015 at the front and back of the house. We just avoided the water coming into the house with pumps Including boxing day 2015 and neighbour had the same 2 Suspected UU sewer surcharging but our garage was completely problem flooded. We have since had a new drive with an eco drain put in. Heavy rainfall was the cause.
Flooding 26th December 2015, 11 July 2016, 27th July 2017 around Springfield Close 111111111 Yes house and into garage. We have Including boxing day 2015 UU sewer surcharging UU out at least once a year to clean up the sewage UU sewer surcharging School Lane 1 1 Yes Frequent occurrence Including boxing day 2015 Have witnessed sewer near the School flow down the street under the bridge sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes Suspected UU sewer surcharging School Lane 1 Yes Frequent occurrence June 11th 2016 LCC drain under bridge probably also blocked (maybe with sewage) 1 1 Yes Frequent occurrence Including boxing day 2015 Suspected UU (surface water/foul?) sewer surcharging Higgins Lane/ 5th July 2017 Industrial Estate 1 Yes Like a river by turn in to industrial Suspected UU/LCC surface water sewer estate UU sewer surcharging Higgins Lane/ 1 1 1 Yes Frequent occurrence Including boxing day 2015 In 2015 witnessed UU surface water sewer surcharging flooding road and house on Truscott Road House Truscott Road 1100 hrs Wednesday 29 June Higgins Lane 1 2016. Junction off Higgins Lane Suspected UU sewer surcharging /Burscough Industrial onto Burscough Industrial Estate Square Lane 1 Yes Frequent occurrence Including boxing day 2015 Suspected UU sewer surcharging Recorded by WLBC because they Suspected sewer surcharging successfully got a £500 grant from Flooding of homes, gardens and road 3 3 Including boxing day 2015 them (a list of the unsuccessful Received £500 payment from WLBC residents wasn't supplied) FOI request on WLBC
Including boxing day 2015 External flooding, garage flooding and backed up toilets. UU combined sewer surcharging One properties toilet overflowed on Dec 26 2016. Flooding Flooding of home, gardens and roadThis is an example of peoples reluctance to in this area was unknown before 2015. Except for a flood 1 3 9 Yes UU report flooding because one resident was unaware that at least two of her around 1986 which either suggests that, the system neighbours in a small close had been internally flooded (we know this because they worked 30 years ago (30 year return) and is now failing 3 Gower Gardens received a grant from WLBC) times a year! or the system still works and we have had (High Risk WLBC) three 30 year storms in less than 12 months
House flooded from toilet bowl 2015, in June 2016 he wasn't flooded in the house because the inspection cover blew off and flooded his drive and garage damaging his Flooded boxing day 2015, then 11/06/2016 and motorbikes and machine tools, in August 2016 he wasn't internally flooded because 1 1 2 1 2 UU 22/08/2016, 05/09/2017 he pumped out the inspection spave into his garden. UU paid him for the pump and other materials. Steve Mogfrord wrote to him in September 2016 and told him the flooding was caused by HI of the sewer network (a copy of the letter is held by BFG).
WLBC passed information to LLFA - Sewer surcharging 1 17/06/2016 resident has advised UU FOI request on WLBC
Sewer flooding In respect of flooding in burscough, up the access road to Liverpool Road South, Burscough, lancs L40 7TB, in this access road which is private property is a round manhole, it is not on my property but when it overflows it runs down my property and floods the rear patio and cellar ...... the drain has blocked on numerous occassions, when this happens I set off a circle of denial that runs through, West Lancs Council, Lancashire County Council, United Utilities, Building Control, and Manor Crescent 1 1111111 LCC, UU, WLBC, Almost continous sewer flooding problems since 1999 Enviromental Health, ( i have even tried Burscough Parish Council) everyone denies responabiltiy and blaming one of the over agencies, this last flooding incident has been going on since June, 2015, and still no one will accept responsibilty, even when some one eventually clears the blockage they never address the root cause. *The external floods are a low approximation (some years may have no floods and other years will have more than 1). The householder believes that they flood externally at least annually on average but can't remember the exact dates
Surface water flooding (and suspected sewer surcharging and gulley blocked) Deep flood in road between heathfields and Ellerbrook making it impassable. Water 1 Yes Frequent occurrence Including boxing day 2015 seen flowing downhill from a road manhole near the Heathfields estate, water was also seen flowing from a field through garden gates onto the road. Drain to Ellerbrook blocked/collapsed Briars Lane Lathom Surface water Drive flooded with 4" water 1 Yes First occurance Boxing day 2015 Householder said the road drainage couldn't cope Flooding all around house near Brairs Hall sw Internal Flooding External Flooding Locality 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Photo Which body was informed Notes/Subsequent actions Notes Location on Brairs Lane unknown WLBC because they successfully 1 Boxing day 2015 Received £500 payment from WLBC got a £500 grant from them FOI request on WLBC Location on Brairs Brook unknown WLBC because they successfully 1 Boxing day 2015 Received £500 payment from WLBC got a £500 grant from them FOI request on WLBC Briars Brook Lathom WLBC because they successfully Location on Brairs Brook unknown 1 got a £500 grant from them and Boxing day 2015 Received £500 payment from WLBC applied for £5000 grant FOI request on WLBC Writer said July but road closures and widespread flooding Suspected sewer flooding Mill Dam Lane 1 Garden 1' deep in water (everywhere) meant it was 11th June 2016 likely to be related to the long running Manor Road problems
THE NUMBER OF FLOODS IN BURSCOUGH A COMPARISON OF THE DIFFERENT REGISTERS Rev 7A (23/11/16)
FOC 0 0 1 2 0 N/A N/A 3 4 6 5 7 8 N/A N/A Note 1: Info from 2010 to pre December 2015 flooding due to UU sewer flooding. UU Register (1) FOC = Flooding Other Causes, HI = Hydraulically Inadequate HI 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A 8 0 1 1 1 6 N/A N/A
32 N/A Note 2: LCC Section 19 report for internal floods boxing day 2015 only. LCC Register (2) It specifically excludes groundwater from consideration and ignores sewer floods onto roads and farmland from UUs network
Note 3: BFG Register (3) 16 1 1 2 8 2 3 75 5 2 14 26 21 33 22 29 109 52 8 BFG and residents input, plus input through dialogue with agencies and FOI requests on WLBC. LCC are currently blocking BFGs FOI requests for flooding information. Sewer % 100 100 50 13 100 100 52 100 13 70 50 62 60 50 67 81 Green highlight indicates possible double counting and are included so that the maximum error may be calculated. Surface water % 100 50 87 32 51 15 21 23 20 23 27 13 The percentages of sewer, surface and groundwater flooding were calculated based on the Ground water % 9 39 15 29 15 20 27 6 6 revision 6 issue of this document and are not updated at every issue so are now onwards approximations Year (all registers) 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Type of flooding Internal Flooding External Flooding (all registers)