season flooding on land

handlemaster

is land that is on a flood plain and floods occassionally be planted ? will the agri department approve planning for such land ?would drainage works help get approval

fergus1001

handlemaster wrote:

is land that is on a flood plain and floods occassionally be planted ? will the agri department approve planning for such land ?would drainage works help get approval

No not really if you could see a way of draining the land to keep it dry that would do but you would need a report from an engineer to back it up which costs money

Where in the world is it ?

timfromtang

handlemaster wrote: »

is land that is on a flood plain and floods occassionally be planted ? will the agri department approve planning for such land ?would drainage works help get approval

since flooding is likely to increase in frequency and severity with climate change, this might not be the best idea in the world.
Drainage works or levee's or suchlike would simply move the flooding elsewhere.
However........
It might be possible to plant the area with a flood tolerant species (willow for example), although whether this would make sense from a commercial forestry point of view is another story.
tim

blue5000

handlemaster wrote: »

is land that is on a flood plain and floods occassionally be planted ? will the agri department approve planning for such land ?would drainage works help get approval

It's doable yes, but what trees are you thinking of planting?

jerryg

timfromtang wrote: »

since flooding is likely to increase in frequency and severity with climate change, this might not be the best idea in the world.
Drainage works or levee's or suchlike would simply move the flooding elsewhere.
However........
It might be possible to plant the area with a flood tolerant species (willow for example), although whether this would make sense from a commercial forestry point of view is another story.
tim

Alder and maybe Birch may also be a possibility, as they are marginal wetland trees.

tabby aspreme

Would the ground be flooded for days at a time or week's, what's the soil type .

handlemaster

fergus1001 wrote: »

handlemaster wrote:

is land that is on a flood plain and floods occassionally be planted ? will the agri department approve planning for such land ?would drainage works help get approval

No not really if you could see a way of draining the land to keep it dry that would do but you would need a report from an engineer to back it up which costs money

Where in the world is it ?

What would the report have tout say ?how Michel would that be ?

fergus1001

handlemaster wrote:

What would the report have tout say ?how Michel would that be ?

Engineer would go out and take a topological survey of the ground and then compare it to the max height of floods in the area, so if it's under 5 foot of water every winter your out of luck, report would cost €600 or so