Sparkford Flooding Problems and Planning
| No. | Location | Concern | Recommendation | Responsibility | Notes |
| 1 | Church Road | Gulleys blocked by solid waste. Leaves, debris. Ditches behind garages and in field E of Church Road | Clear solids. More frequent attention. Clear ditches | Highways/SSDC/landowners | Refer to 2006 Action Plan |
| 2 | 61 Church Road | Field and garden flooded | Better control of sluice gates | Landowners/EA | Mr Holbrook said gates blocked with debris |
| 3 | Catalina, Church Road | Ditch in garden: pipe not cleared | Clear pipe | SSDC | |
| 4 | Grey Gables, Church Road | Water running off field flooding garden | Dig ditches/clear pipe inlets | Landowner/tenant | |
| 5 | Mandeville, Green Close | Ditch in field behind filled-in | Dig ditches/clear pipe inlets | Landowners/tenants | |
| 6 | Cherry Pie Lane | Increasingly wet from field runoff | Dig ditches/clear pipe inlets | Landowner/tenant | Debris in ditch |
| 7 | London Road | Flooding Bridge Cottage | Clear debris under bridge/clear river upstream of Mill Farm | Highways (Andrew Milne)/EA (John Rowlands)/landowners | Mr Singer said NRA had once promised river clearance |
| 8 | Cam north of London Road | Flood warnings/control of water | Telemetric warning system/sluice north of A303 | EA/Parish Council? | £400 for private system. New EA/Met Office advice system in June |
| 9 | High Street, several properties flooded | Water coming out of road drains/blocked pipes under road/outfalls unknown, not taking water away | Investigate/clear pipes (infalls and outfalls). Look at manhole Long Whaite | Highways/SSDC | Drains NE of High Street not working/storm drain always full/water from SW across Piper’s frontage |
| 10 | Ditch by FP off High Street | Filled-in in places | Dig ditches/clear pipe inlets | Landowners/tenants | |
| 11 | All flooded roads | Vehicles making waves | Provide bollards to close road/sandbags | Police/SSDC/SCC | |
| 12 | General | Lack of investment in engineers and infrastructure. Enforcement of landowner responsibility | More investment. New legal powers | SSDC/SCC/Central Government | Flood boards vs sandbags. Pitt Review grants ‘til 17/03. New Bill in 2010? |
| 13 | General | Leaf fall/hedge cutting | Clear leaves/sweep hedge cuttings | Landowners/tenants/Highways | |
| 14 | Camelot Ward | Lack of influence of single village | Village liason for meetings with Roger Meecham and EA | PC | |
| 15 | Mill Farmhouse, Weston Bampfylde | Cam burst banks; house just flooded | Control of upstream water | EA/Landowners | Flooding has occurred here for a very long time, even since new bridge |
| 16 | Road by Middle Farm Cotts, Little Weston | Deep water on highway in dip, garages flooded | Drains kept clear/ditches dug further to take water away | Highways/Landowners | |
| 17 | Little Weston Road at old A303 junction | Flooding (passable) | Clear highway drains/check field ditches | Highways/Landowners | |
| 18 | Parish | Lack of detailed drainage map/unsuitable building sites’ map | Produce maps | PC/SSDC | SCC 1970s road drainage maps still exist? |