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"Flood Plain" Development Approved

Outline planning permission has been given to the developers Taylor Wimpey to build more than 600 homes at Pineham despite the flood plain of the River Nene.

Outline planning permission has been given to the developers Taylor Wimpey to build more than six-hundred homes at Pineham even though part of the development lies within the flood plain of the River Nene. The Environment Agency says there is a "very low probability" of the proposed new homes being afected by flooding. Reporter Willy Gilder talks to Colin Williams from Taylor Wimpey. Stuart talks to Councillor Penny Flavell, Chair of the Planning Committee on Northampton Borough Council, and to Ben Thornly from the Environment Agency.

PLUS:

* East Northamptonshire district council planning officers back the Rushden Lakes development

* Northamptonshire Police support the Manchester funerals of murdered officers

* Work begins on the University Technical College at Daventry

* Old Black Lion pub in Northampton to be linked to disused church

* Corby's Scottish heritage recorded in a tapestry

3 hours

Last on

Wed 3 Oct 2012 06:00

Broadcast

  • Wed 3 Oct 2012 06:00

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