Latest Updates
04/05/2023
The Minister for Climate Change has allocated funding of £3,090,885 for construction of the Llanmaes FRM Scheme for the 2023-24 financial year. The project still remains subject to an ongoing scheme reappraisal and approval of the resulting construction business case by Welsh Government to proceed. Full details of the Welsh Government Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Programme 2023 to 2024 are available here.
21/10/2022
A more detailed reappraisal of the scheme economics has been commissioned to reassess the scheme benefit-cost ratio, requiring additional flood modelling work to fully capture all the scheme benefits. We are anticipating the results of this assessment by early March 2023 and a pre-emptive bid to the Welsh Government capital flood pipeline for 2023-24 has already been submitted for the scheme.
20/10/2022
Procurement of the construction phase of the scheme commenced at the end of 2021 but unfortunately the council has been unable to award the contract to date. After initially poor interest from suitable contractors in tendering for the works, significant increases in construction costs during the procurement phase have now resulted in the benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of the scheme - a measure of the cost of construction against the damages likely to be averted over the design life of the scheme – falling below parity. Welsh Government’s standard funding criteria requires a BCR greater than one for flood risk management schemes, i.e. the cost of the scheme is less than the flooding damages likely to be averted. We are working closely with our design consultants to more accurately assess the impact of the cost increases on the BCR and also assess other options or measures that could be progressed to achieve a BCR of greater than one. We are anticipating the results of this assessment by the end of November 2022 and we will also be meeting with the contractors who have tendered to date to maintain interest in delivering the scheme.
15/07/2022
Enabling works to divert a rising main successfully completed by DCWW’s contractors.
30/05/2022
Enabling works to divert a DCWW rising main on Sigingstone Lane are planned from early June 2022 for approximately four weeks.
07/04/2022
Formal approval of the scheme Flood Consequence Assessment has been received. Full details are available via the planning register (2021/01082/1/CD)
27/01/2022
Planning approval has been granted for the scheme. Full details are available via the planning register (2021/01082/RG3).
12/01/2022
The monthly checks of the highway drainage / gullies in Llanmaes village, including ditch alongside The Green, were completed on 1 November 2021, 30 November 2021 and most recently on 7 January 2022.
08/11/2021
The latest check of the highway drainage / gullies in Llanmaes village, including ditch alongside The Green was completed on 1 November 2021.
07/10/2021
The latest check of the highway drainage / gullies in Llanmaes village, including ditch alongside The Green was completed on 1 October 2021.
07/09/2021
The latest check of the highway drainage / gullies in Llanmaes village, including ditch alongside the Green was completed on 27 August 2021.
05/05/2021
The latest check of the highway drainage / gullies in Llanmaes village, including the ditch alongside The Green was completed on 28 April 2021.
20/04/21
AECOM Ltd., acting as Agent on behalf of Vale of Glamorgan Council, is intending to apply for planning permission for the implementation of the scheme. For more information, please see the letter to local residents and the dedicated website, prepared by AECOM Ltd. If you'd like to respond to the consultation comments must be submitted by 18 May.
13/04/2021
The latest check of the highway drainage/gullies in Llanmaes village, including the drainage ditch along the western side of the Green was completed on the 30 March 2021.
15/03/2021
To assist with ongoing flooding concerns within the village during heavy rainfall, the Council is maintaining a monthly check of the highway drainage / gullies, including the drainage ditch along the western side of the road alongside The Green.
This calendar year these assets were checked and cleansed on 05 February 2021 and then again on 26 February 2021. The next scheduled inspection is programmed for the end of March 2021.
15/03/2021
The detailed design has been submitted by the scheme consultants AECOM and is currently being reviewed internally prior to approval - Scheme Proposals.
The review of the detailed construction pack has slipped but is now due for completion in March 2021, with the additional details now being relayed to various interested landowners through the Council’s land agent.
The next phase of work includes preparation of a planning application, including public consultation, where the scheme will be presented more widely to the community. Subject to successful landowner negotiations and obtaining all necessary consents and approvals construction is planned for summer 2021.
A full update was reported to Cabinet on 25 January 2021 (Minute C456) - Scheme Programme.
08/02/2021
The detailed design has been submitted by the scheme consultants AECOM and is currently being reviewed internally prior to approval - Scheme Proposals. A review of the construction pack commenced in December 2020 and is due for completion in February 2021. The next phase of work includes preparation of a planning application, including public consultation, which will commence once the final design is approved internally. Subject to successful landowner negotiations and obtaining all necessary consents and approvals construction is planned for summer 2021.
A full update was reported to Cabinet on 25 January 2021 (Minute C456) - Scheme Programme.