Object

Representation ID: 6908

Received: 22/09/2009

Respondent: Stoneleigh & Ashow Parish Council

Object to Thickthorn site:
The proposal to build 800 houses in Eastern Kenilworth on the area of land adjacent to the A46 from Thickthorn Island towards Coventry is of great concern to the village of Ashow. Water draining from the A46 and the built up area of Eastern Kenilworth all comes down the watercourse through Ashow.
U ntil a bypass culvert was constructed there was severe flooding in the village. The water discharge from the built up area in Eastern Kenilworth and the A46 being responsible for the flooding. The "holding ponds" that were to be part of the flooding solution along with the bypass culvert have not been constructed.
There is severe ground erosion in some house gardens downstream of the new culvert's junction with the original. This erosion is due to the increase in the speed and volume of flood water flow.
Any further house build in Eastern Kenilworth is likely to add to the flood water flow. If development does take place it would be essential to survey the whole of the drainage basin. The drainage calculation data should be published. It should be noted that the drainage data from the A46 development has been lost.