Neighbours in a small Nottinghamshire village are concerned plans to create new homes in vacant woodland will create flooding problems. Plans have been put forward to create four bungalows and seven homes, with access from Broad Close, Woodborough.
The planning application is being considered by the Gedling Borough Council planning committee. Residents on Broad Close shared concern over flooding in the village and vehicle access.
Phil Barker, has lived in the area for four years. He said there’s lack of infrastructure in Woodborough for new homes as well as concerns over flooding.The 65-year-old said: “Before covid the parish council had a meeting for 15 homes, that was about three years ago, basically all the residents along here objected to it.
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“You’ll find everyone was against it along this road. Taking all the trees down, there’s over 100 trees, there’s a flood problem on the main street, if they knock all the trees down and put in concrete, where’s all the water going to go?
Mr Barker added:“The vehicle access, destruction of the woodland, the flood problems in the village and the drains aren’t big enough to take it. “It might be 11 houses but put five in each home, I don’t think the infrastructure is there for more families in the village, not for new homes.”
Another resident, John Pettifore, who lives in the village with his wife Pauline, also highlighted concern over flooding in the area. Mr Pettifore said: “I think it will create a big concrete platform for water to run down.
“The main issue for me is that the sewer is a domestic sewer and needs to be a flood sewer. I understand that the land has been released and allocated for development. What is essential is that they do a proper job with the whole infrastructure. I don't think we can stop it, what I do think is that it needs to be done right. .”
Ivan Calvert is concerned vehicle access will be an issue, and should be accessed from Private Road, which is on the other side of the vacant woodland, instead of Broad Close. The 89 year old said: ”We’ve had many, many meetings in the past, everyone down here is objecting.
“I think people are quite cheeky when they’ve got access from Private Road. We come here and it’s quiet, I’ve been here 32 years and we’re all elderly down here, all retired. One of the main objections is cutting the tree down, they tell you to grow the tree but they cut them - environmentally it’s not good. The people should use the entrance at the top on Private Road.”
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