October 2023 → January 2024

Flood and response

  • Emergency response
  • Emergency centres
  • Temporary homing
  • Drop in
  • Insurance support
  • Families re-homed before Christmas
January 2024

Drop-ins, clearing and cleaning

  • Move to weekly drop-ins
  • Welfare checks
  • Council houses stripped out
  • Continuous cleaning of outdoor area
  • Scottish Flood Forum supporting private insurance enquiries
February 2024

Commissioning and engagement

  • Housing Options Appraisal commissioned
  • Engagement with displaced residents
  • Humidifiers placed in all empty council housing
  • Specialist consultants commissioned to carry out a technical assessment of the flood defences
April 2024

Consulting on housing options

Consultants begin engagement with tenants as part of housing options report

24 July 2024

Work continues

  • Work progresses to strip out all houses
  • Work begins on Bridge of Dun
  • JBA Consulting commissioned to carry out studies on flood defence
August 2024

Repairs and consultation

Work progresses on Bridge of Dun:

  • all of the unstable parts have been carefully taken down, cleaned and sorted ready to be rebuilt
  • we’ve managed to preserve the south face of the bridge and this is currently safely propped

The cutwater repair to Brechin bridge has been carried out.

Housing consultation concluded, draft reports being prepared.

October 2024

Repairs, vegetation management and drop-in

  • All bridge repairs complete
  • Vegetation management of the gravel bar on the north side of the River South Esk was completed
  • Community Resilience Drop-in with Angus Council and Partners (SSEN/Scottish Flood Forum)
November 2024

Reports published

  • Options Appraisal and Flood Defence Technical Reports published
  • Public information sessions held
January 2025

Brechin Angus Council Steering Group set up

May 2025

Brechin Community Resilience Roadshow

Organised and attended by officers and partners

June 2025

Meetings and engagement

  • Decisions made at Angus Council Committee
  • Community Resilience meetings held
  • Community information meeting held
  • Housing Engagement begins – letters sent to all households
July 2025

Tenders, meeting and consultation

  • Flood defence designs tenders published
  • Residents meeting held with AC and SCDC
  • Common Good consultation launched


August 2025

Meetings

  • Residents meeting scheduled with AC and SCDC 
  • Community resilience meeting scheduled