common sense v council planning

[7 lives]

Thank goodness I am learning prepping.
Living in a village known to flood I do wonder at the sanity of the powers that be.
In the past floodwater has overwhelmed our village drains and arrived uninvited along with next doors koi carp into our home.
So the bods at the planning dept who no doubt have ologies galore giving planning permission in unsuitable places have allowed a planning application at the back of our home.
The site was designated agricultural land-easily bypassed by the owner mowing the meadow a couple of times-was renamed domestic and hay presto more houses to cripple even further the drains.
The access to this new development is along a single track straight onto a busy main road where there have been several serious accidents.
What really riles me is that after the environmental agency getting the local landowners to clear the ditches our risk assessment for flooding is acceptable!
So back with renewed vigour to prepping for the inevitable water incident-mustn't call it a flood!
Am I cynical or has the landowners friendship with a couple of bods on the planning dept got any relevance......
Anyone any experience of pumping equipment?

[Brambles]

Yorkshire Andy is your man. He's the go to guy for anything mechanical, I'm sure he'll be along in a while.

A couple of things. 1) contact environment agency for a flood report for your area, 2) send flood report, along with a copy of the proposed development plan to your MP, the County Council, the local and national rag and finally to the Environment Minister voicing your concerns and historical flooding problems. You don't have to take this sort of thing lying down.

I have seen some folk in flood areas vacate their ground floor and build 1st floor extensions on pillars so that any flooding no longer affects them. Any chance you could do this?. I take it that moving is out of the question.

[filsgreen]

I'm no expert on this 7 lives, but before they build houses on that site haven't they got to consult with the locals first? Would this give you a platform to protest against them building on the land?

Phil

[cumbrianish]

Anyone can object to a planning application you don't have to live in the area. And you can do this online too.

[Yorkshire Andy]

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[7 lives]

Thanks all-the application was approved despite our best efforts but at least we tried.

[Brambles]

I would still go to the press, Environment Minister and your MP about it. Planning can be revoked as well as granted and it sounds like you have a pretty good case, especially with the previous flooding problems.