A VIDEO showing the extent of flooding in Seaton in winter has been revealed after councillors voted to delay making a decision on eight more homes in the village.

"I think the people of Seaton deserve better" - these were the words of Allerdale Borough Council member Anthony McGuckin as he proposed that a bid to build eight homes in the village is refused.

His motion was defeated and following a lengthy deadlock with the committee unable to decide on the best course of action, councillors eventually voted for a deferral.

The applicant will therefore bring the plans back to a future meeting for consideration, bringing flooding experts to address the concerns of residents who believe more homes will exacerbate existing issues.

Aileen Brown of Seaton Parish Council said: "This is only going to get worse when we lose the field to 100 houses when there’s no soakaway anywhere.”

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At the meeting last week, the panel were shown images of the flooding in Seaton during the winter months including a young disabled woman's adapted home blocked-in by flooding.

Councillors were concerned by the images as well as what they had heard and voted to defer the plans for future consideration with more information on the impact on flooding.

A video seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service shows extensive flooding in October, at the former British Legion site.

The video shows a neighbouring property cut-off with flood water at the end of the driveway.

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Officers had reccomended that the development is approved and Councillor Tony Annison was in favour as work at the Beech Grove site would involve extensive civil engineering, an attempt to actually improve the existing flooding issues. 

The case officer said: “The permeable driveways and shared surface areas engineered into the site have enabled the local lead flood authority to address that this is an acceptable scheme.”

Cllr Annison said: “There’s clearly been extensive hard work done and there was a comment made that if it was left as it was, there’s a greater risk than if this heavy engineering took place.”

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