Flooding in King's Sutton

King's Sutton unfortunately was hit badly by flooding on the 20th/21st July, with the areas affected being predominantly Windsor Close, Wales St, Banbury Lane and Mill Lane. There was a great deal of effort put in by a significant number of villagers to try and minimise the impact of the flooding, which I am certain helped in reducing the damage caused.

It was a great team effort by everyone concerned and I was certainly proud to be a King's Sutton resident - we have such a great community spirit here, clearly demonstrated last week.
Unfortunately there was little we could do for Wales St apart from providing as many sandbags as we could rustle up. The sheer volume of water coming across the flood plain was impossible to stop and a lot of houses there were badly affected.

I would like to thank South Northants Council and the Northamptonshire Fire Service in particular, as they both worked extremely hard throughout the day to minimise the impact of the flooding. It was an extremely professional effort, which they are to be commended for.

I will be working very hard over the coming weeks and months to do whatever I can to assist in preventing such a devastating flood happening to the village again. A lot of work has been done in the past, which will provide an excellent springboard for developing solutions for the future.
In particular there is a scheme that can be quickly and relatively inexpensively implemented to provide protection to Windsor Close and Banbury Lane. I will be working closely with the residents, Councils and other Government Agencies to ensure this scheme is implemented in the near future. We need to do this before people have to suffer such devastating flooding again.