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Dear Souzie thank you for your response which suggests you have a great deal of knowledge on the subject. Could you clarify whether you represent the council, political party or contractor for the record so we all know where we stand? Many thanks

Dear Robert the recent HH flooding was due to a burst in a large water main drain owned by Thames Water. It was not due to weather.

Dear Jon The aggressive and accusatory tone of your emails is unnecessary. I reiterate: .little public consultation has been given & application slipped in just before Xmas .vast numbers of people's use of park potentially affected permanently .parks in urban areas should be protected .parks should be there for the use of all current & future residents .there are other options which should be considered openly .Dulwich Estate has some responsibility to protect those residents' properties which have been affected in the past .this thread was started to canvas opinions .attempts to shut down debate by speeding through planning approval is undemocratic Thank you

bloodyjon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So you have no problem with this as long as > another park bears the brunt out of sight? Nimby. Surely no public park space should be used when open fields (not parks and prob owned by Dulwich Estate which can surely cover much more of the cost?!) could be used just a few hundred feet away.

jomou Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > These proposals sound perfectly sensible, not to > mention being much more environmentally friendly, > > In fact, the proposals do contain new drainage in > the form of flood meadows etc which hold more > water than a flat lawn - Hang on - so the plans include losing a large grass area where local people play, eat picnics, and relax all year round, over many years, and replace that permanently with a "flood meadow" scheme for the 1 in 75 year storm?! Sorry it doesn't add up. Nor do I want the park turned into Telly Tubby Land with these eyesores built. 'Soft drainage' sounds like a friendly phrase by engineers charged with solving a problem with no money. Surely clever engineers can divert the waters to the other side of the South Circular - the Dutch manage it?!

Dear Kruger The Herne Hill flood were due to a massive water mains bursting at the juntion of Stradella and Herne Hill Road. It had nothing to do with weather.

It is about protecting the sancticy of publicly owned open spaces for local communities to use = amenity for all?! We do not know how long these flood plains might last as there is no mention of how the waters would be dispersed? Why can't they flood the fields the other side of the South Circular which are used far less? Doesn't a river u run under the Park so there's an obvious water course to use?

Dear All Is anyone aware of the plan to build 'bunds' in Dulwich Park in order to flood the park rather than Turney Rd, Burbage Rd etc plain during the 1 in 75 year flood that might affect Dulwich? I would have thought that heavy rain is going to affect the local area much more than their consultants suggest. I am a local resident whose property would not be affected by this flooding so I have no vested interest in opposing the plan. I am however annoyed that a large open public space used by so families across the borough could be sacrificed because the council says it can't afford to put in proper drainage and is just shifting the problem and potentially affecting many more people. Does anyone know anything about how these works or seen any consultation at all? It would mean that a large area of the park would be off-limits to the happy band of young, aspiring footballers who go there to train at weekends? Where will they go then? The plans are on the Southwark website if anyone is interested in seeing them but the consultation period appears to have opened quietly and closes imminently.