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ID sylw: 106160

Derbyniwyd: 25/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Elizabeth Mills

I refer to the SWLP Consultation and wish to comment on the above plan reference numbers [633 & 469] off Marton Road which is adjacent to the Lilac Field Development constructed some 7 years ago by Bloor.

This area is a serious flood risk. There is already serious flooding which occurs on the Marton Road affecting houses adjacent to Plan Ref 633 (Willow Grove) some of which is caused by the Lilac Fields Development. Following planning permission for Lilac Fields the developer only found the boggy land after building commenced. The houses had to be built higher on rafters due to the amount of water. Two attenuation ponds were created which are full in autumn winter months, together with the culverts which drain into them. If building is permitted on these fields, which are on a slope, under reference 633 and 469 the flooding which ensues to the development and surrounding area will be colossal!

I am extremely worried that development may be allowed in this area. If it is considered I require evidence that the area has been assessed as regards the flooding risk before anything goes ahead, and proof there will absolutely be no flooding caused. I would go as far as to say further development should not be considered in any way.

Notwithstanding the flooding, the infrastructure, as it is, does not support further development. If there is to be one exit from the development onto Marton Road from these developments, this is already an extremely busy road and struggles to join it already exist. This proposed development would cause a colossal problem.

Likewise any development at reference numbers 462, 437,446 and 478 of the plan would exacerbate the flooding problem being just across the Marton Road in the same vicinity as the previously referred to developments above. Both areas of proposed developments are just below a sharp bend on a very busy road and it would be dangerous exiting the developments at that point onto the main road.