I am extremely concerned about the possibility of a development in Cubbington. My primary concern is about flooding. Cubbington suffered extreme flooding in June 2007 which was due in part to the fact that the sewers and drains were unable to cope with the amount of surface water runoff from the surrounding fields. Nothing has been done to tackle this issue to date. If hundreds of homes were to be built uphill of the village, this would seriously reduce the lands ability to soak up rainwater which would instead run down into the village. In addition, all the water and waste from the development would run straight into our drains and sewers. The obvious impact of this would be that we flooding would be more frequent and severe in Cubbington. What are we paying our council tax and taxes for if council and the government cannot be bothered to sort out this issue and in fact are considering making it significantly worse? I am extremely annoyed and dissillusioned with the council and government. I have not even mentioned all the other obvious problems such as ruining the beautiful countryside in this area, which was a large factor in us moving here. In addition, the roads are very congested in this area and Cubbington school is already oversubscribed. I would imagine that opinion of the residents will be all the more inflamed by the announcement of the new high speed rail line which will be running right past our village. What are you guys doing?!