A 24-house development on Stony Stratford High Street has been provided planning permission despite concerns raised by residents and councillors about building on flood plains and an increase in the risk of flooding in Stony Stratford.
At a meeting of MK Council Planning Committee on 9 June, Labour and Liberal Democrat Councillors voted in favour of giving planning permission to the contentious development while Conservative Councillors voted against.
The meeting saw residents speak in objection to the development.
One resident was speaking on behalf of someone who had experienced the 2020 Christmas flooding in Stony Stratford. She said that “part of this development site flooded” and that they “should not be building on flood plains”.
Another resident who has lived in the area since 1976 said that the proposal to raise the ground level on the site would increase the risk of flooding to other properties in the area.
Cllr Joseph Hearnshaw, the Conservative Cllr for Stony Stratford, has been fighting for flood protection and working with the local Flood Action Group. He spoke in objection to the plans, saying:
“This development risks increasing flooding to existing properties and there must be further information regarding flood mapping, flood walls, flood modelling and maintenance plans.
Residents are still anxious about flooding in Stony Stratford given what has happened in recent years. They do not feel like their questions have been answered and are feeling ignored by the process.
I will continue to work with them to help mitigate the impact of this development.”
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