Natural Resources Wales have revealed hopes to have a flood defence scheme in place in Llanbadarn by the end of the next financial year, following severe flooding in 2012.

Last week, the Cambrian News reported on Llanbadarn Councillor Gareth Davies’ calls for a “long-term solution that will provide adequate flood protection for the residents of Parcyronnen”.

While a flood defence scheme proposal has been prepared by Natural Resources Wales, Cllr Davies called for a detailed timetable of works to be set out.

Robert J. Williams, Asset Performance Engineer at Natural Resources Wales, said while the Parcyronnen flood defence scheme is “still in its infancy”, the ambition is to have the scheme completed by the end of 2022/23.

The proposal for a flood defence scheme was put forward after villages and towns across Ceredigion, including Aberystwyth, Talybont, Dol-y-Bont, Penrhyncoch, Llandre, and Llanbadarn, suffered severe flooding on 8 and 9 June 2012, when a month’s worth of rain fell in 24 hours.

Many people had to move to temporary accommodation after houses were damaged. Parts of north Ceredigion had five feet of standing water, with caravan parks, properties and businesses all hit. At the time, the council revealed the flooding cost them approximately £525,000.

In 2017, Natural Resources Wales gave permission for the flood protection work to go ahead. Ceredigion County Council had granted Natural Resources Wales permission to carry on with work, but issues with Network Rail have held up the work.

Robert said: “The climate emergency is greatly increasing the flood risks we face and we will all need to change and adapt to make ourselves as resilient as possible to the impacts of climate change.

“When considering how to defend areas most at risk in Wales, Natural Resources Wales will always work with our partners and local communities to identify the best combination of measures that tackle the specific threats.

“The Parcyronnen scheme is still in its infancy. NRW is currently reviewing previous work carried out in response to the flood events of 2012 and the ambition is to have a scheme completed by the end of the next financial year.”