Calling Surrey Laydees (particularly those near rivers).....

[ComeOVeneer]

It has been brought to our attention (through the environmental search) that the house we are buying is in an area of high risk for flooding. Now I have spent ages looking for news reports etc about flooding but the last time there was a serious one was back in 1968. What is your experience of flooding as a problem in this area (primarily around the Weybridge/Walton/Esher area) ? TIA

We looked at buying a house on a flood plain once. I called th eenvironment agency directly to chat about it. Apparetnly flood plains are classified differently according to how often they flood. For instance the flood plain of the house we were after was a 100 year flood plain. Therefore statistically it would flood every 100 years.... They were very helpful and told me they had advised against building the housing estate when it was built due to the flooding risk.... This can also effect any future plans for extending as it can alter the way the water runs, so permission would not be granted. Having said that though this house had the river/stream at the end of the garden...

HTH