The frame of the new 85-bedroom hotel on the site of the old Tesco Garden Centre is underway.
Parts of the site are vulnerable to flooding. A flood-survey was done before development which says the building itself will be in flood zones 1 and 2. Part of the site area that will not be built on is flood zone 3a.
zone 1: less than 0.1% chance of flooding in any year
zone 2: 0.1% – 1% chance of flooding in any year
zone 3a: greater than 1% chance of flooding in any year
zone 3b: greater than 3.3% chance of flooding in any year
From the flood maps in the survey, it looks as if areas of the Tesco carpark, such as the area between the hotel and the filling station and access road are in zone 3b. The last widespread flooding of the Tesco Carpark and access road was probably February 2014 (pictured below).
I wondered why planning permission was given for a hotel on this site, so I clicked the link to the flood survey and got an ‘Invalid security code” message.
Why would that be? What’s so secret about floods? Are we not grown up enough to be told?
Perhaps Daniel could contact one of his consultant friends 😉
I contacted them PPJS and asked, if its too complicated, perhaps they could water it down?
The link I had probably only applied to my session and so I have removed it.
Thanks, Backstreeter.
Who will run this hotel please??
@The Lady It will be a Premier Inn.
Thank you..is the other premier inn closing??