Calls to pause housing developments in a Nottinghamshire village have been made after a "muddy washout" hit people's gardens and businesses in a Nottinghamshire village. It comes after the local Co-op and a couple of roads had to shut in Burton Joyce after heavy rain has seen flooding in the area.
Councillor Sam Smith, chief whip of the Conservative group in Gedling Borough Council, representing the Trent Valley Ward, has blamed the recent developments for the "brown waterfalls" that hit the community. In a letter, he has asked Gedling Borough Council's Head of the Planning Department and Chief Executive to take "immediate enforcement action" to pause the housing developments until "adequate drainage systems are installed".
This will help prevent further muddy washouts, he explained. Speaking to Nottinghamshire Live, he added: "The fact that there is no drainage system on those new housing developments means it is going to result into the same outcome as it did. It is disgraceful."
