{"id":289842,"date":"2025-11-29T14:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289842\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:45:09","slug":"plans-submitted-for-walton-le-dale-flood-protection-scheme-to-reduce-risk-to-thousands-blog-preston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289842\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans submitted for Walton-le-Dale flood protection scheme to reduce risk to thousands \u2013 Blog Preston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to improve flood prevention in Walton-le-Dale have moved forward as the Environment Agency (EA) officially submitted a planning application for its next project.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed work forms the next phase of the EA\u2019s multi-million-pound Preston &amp; South Ribble Flood Risk Management Scheme and included both new flood defences and improvements to existing ones. The agency\u2019s plan also included an enhanced maintenance programme in Frenchwood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Subject to planning permission being granted by South Ribble Borough Council, work is due to start around Walton-le-Dale early next year, with completion due in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogpreston.co.uk\/2025\/11\/preston-city-council-deputy-leader-feels-deceived-and-betrayed-over-horrocks-mill-scheme-delays\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.blogpreston.co.uk\/2025\/11\/preston-city-council-deputy-leader-feels-deceived-and-betrayed-over-horrocks-mill-scheme-delays\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Preston City Council deputy leader feels \u2018deceived and betrayed\u2019 over Horrocks Mill scheme delays<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the EA, the Preston &amp; South Ribble Flood Risk Management Scheme will reduce flood risk for thousands of homes and businesses once finished.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Efforts to improve flood prevention in Walton-le-Dale have moved forward as the Environment Agency (EA) officially submitted a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-289842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}