In Kendal, on the edge of the Lake District, plans were being drawn up that would tear the green heart out of town and wreak havoc on its cherished riverside environment.

An impassioned opposition plea to the planning committee in June 2019. The last opportunity to present a case against the flood plans.

Opposition speech from the Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme planning meeting where speakers were given 3 minutes to present their case.

At the public planning meeting to discuss the Kendal flood plans, I sat in the public gallery, thinking I would leave it to the experts. What I heard was shocking.