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Drains blocked so rainwater not able to drain away.

Reported via desktop in the Blocked Drain / Gully category anonymously at 14:01, Mon 17 February 2025

Sent to Oxfordshire County Council less than a minute later

Between Number 33 and 35 Lords Piece there is a turning space with two drains located in the space. Both appear to be blocked, so rainwater cannot drain away properly. As we live at the bottom of a hill, this could potentially cause our garden to flood.

Council ref: ENQ251037159

Asset ID: 291083880

Updates

  • Thank you for your enquiry. This issue has been passed onto the relevant team for investigation.

    State changed to: Investigating

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 14:01, Mon 17 February 2025

  • Thank for you for your report, Oxfordshire County Council are receiving large volumes of enquiries at present. To assist us further with your enquiry, please could you provide an image of the issue including the surrounding area of its location as a benchmark. This information will support us in delivering a quicker and more effective service. PLEASE NOTE – Only take photographs where safe in doing so, please do not obstruct live traffic flows, step into a live carriageway, or put yourself at any risk in taking a photo. Thank you in advance for supporting the local community.

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 18:02, Tue 15 July 2025

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    These photos are located in the turning space between 33 and 35 Lords Piece Road. This turning space is above our garden, every time there is heavy rain the drains overflow and the water runs down our garden - due to the blocked drains. These photos do not relate to other drains that are located elsewhere on the hill coming down Lords Piece Road that are also blocked. When the road was resurfaced last year, a lot of the surplus grit was washed down the drains - causing the current blockages. Consequently during heavy rain all rainwater ends up at the bottom of the hill, cannot go down the two blocked drains in the turning space so ends up water logging our garden. Please let me know when this problem has been resolved. Barry Mulhearn

    Posted anonymously at 21:38, Fri 18 July 2025

  • Thank you for your report and for bringing this to our attention. This location has been logged on our routine cleansing programme, and all units in the area and surrounding locations that need attention will be cleared and jetted in due course.
    You can view the locations we are attending by month using the link below to our public website.
    https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ transport-and-travel/ roadworks/ how-we-maintain-our-roads#paragraph-16373
    If you are concerned about flooding to property, please log this issue again on FixMyStreet with any new images you may have and a location description, this will then be assessed for action as needed.
    PLEASE NOTE – Only take photographs where safe in doing so, please do not obstruct live traffic flows, step into a live carriageway, or put yourself at any risk in taking a photo.

    State changed to: Investigation complete

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 14:32, Thu 13 November 2025

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