Following Cumbria County Council's announcement that Appleby’s Edenside Care Home is at risk of future flooding, Rory Stewart MP is urging locals to get involved in the discussion on its future.
Mr Stewart has been deeply involved in the campaign to reopen Edenside Care Home for some time, and believes that with the appropriate flood resilience measures in place for the town, Edenside's safety issues would be addressed.
He said: "I fully welcome the Council's decision to open this consultation so that the locals of Appleby can have their say. All the messages I am hearing are that Appleby desperately wants its care home to be reopened.
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"I have raised this with the Environment Agency, to ensure that issues that contributed to the flooding of Edenside, are addressed in any local flood resilience plan."
CCC are allowing people to have their say via drop-in sessions at Appleby Library and response forms online at www.cumbria.gov.uk/haveyoursay.
Mr Stewart is encouraging all locals to make their voice heard and make a difference in the future of Edenside.
The public consultation will remain open until August 30 before a decision is made by the County Council’s cabinet on September 22.
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