Lostock Hall housing plan on hold over 'ludicrous' flooding fears
Plans to build a new housing estate on a site that was once occupied by a South Ribble school have been put on hold over fears that they could worsen flooding in the area.
“It was a nightmare…and the situation was made worse because there was run-off from the Wilkinson Street drain, which was also overwhelmed, and the water came down our street and joined the water that was gathering at the end of Marilyn Avenue. However, South Ribble Borough Council leader Paul Foster told the committee that a previous decision it made to approve a development in Higher Walton – on the basis of advice from the LLFA – had led to the building of houses which have subsequently flooded.
Ms. Jones added: “The scheme would therefore utilise the infrastructure to the west of the site and take drainage away to the west – [that’s] away from the roads to the east and south east, which…have experienced previous issues. She also stressed that there would be no connection to the drainage system on the Wilkinson Street side of the development.
Committee member and cabinet member for planning James Flannery said that the applicants should be credited for creating a 100 percent affordable development, but added that if the concerns of residents and councillors had not been factored in, then that was “unacceptable”.
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