Afternoon all.
at the weekend we had a bit of a flood - well more than a bit!
the heavy rain landing on a large arable farm behind our land quickly flowed into a natural depression at our boundary and quickly caused a brook to burst its banks, allowing somewhere in the region of 6-7000 cubic metres of water to spill into our paddocks, rendering them between 6" and 2'+ deep in water - it covered every square inch of our 4 acres and came within 1 inch of entering the house (as well as all of my neighbours).
Our land is known for having a high water table, but that flooding just makes wet patches in the fields which we can cater for, but this was caused by a breach of the brook and from what we can see, the only option is to build a bund along this short river (brook) bank and then down the entire side of our land (c300m) to effectively ringfence the property behind a 2ft high wall of clay (we have an old railway embankment on the other side that gives us protection there.
question is, can I just crack on andf build this in the new year once the ground has hardened up, or do I need to obtain planning consent? I can see for domestic gardens planning consent is needed, but for agri land, there is very little guidance, so any input would be gratefully received.
as for our flood, we are back to normal now and our sheep will be coming back to their home tomorrow after having a lovely mini-break at a friend's farm (he stepped up to the plate brilliantly and sorted us a barn in our hour of need)