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RESIDENTS are opposing plans for more homes on a busy road on the edge of Lower Shiplake. Developers Westbourne Homes and Debrecq have submitted a planning appl...

PLANS to drain surface water from a new housing development into the River Thames have been withdrawn. Taylor Wimpey, which has permission to build 95 homes at ...

Campaigner complains over council’s handling of issue );  ); THE man who led the opposition to Taylor Wimpey’s first drainage scheme has complained to the local government ombudsman about South Oxfordshire District Council’s handling of the issue. Peter Boros complained to the council last year because it was set to process the developer’s application without a full flood risk assessment and, he claims, only changed tack when the scale of opposition became apparent. Mr Boros says the p...

Flooding ‘proves case against new housing’ );  ); FLOODING on the site of a proposed housing development in Shiplake is further proof that the scheme should be scrapped, say opponents. Rainwater pooled up beside the entrance to the former Thames Farm, off the A4155 Reading Road, when last week’s heavy showers brought the worst floods to the Henley area since 2014. Taylor Wimpey is set to build 95 homes on the 5.7-hectare site, which will be renamed Regency Place, after planning perm...

Now developer hints at alternative drainage plan );  ); PLANS to drain surface water from a new housing estate in Shiplake into a flood-prone brook may not go ahead after all, according to the developer. Taylor Wimpey says it is now “exploring a number of alternative options” for the former Thames Farm site, off Reading Road, where planning permission has been granted for 95 homes. The firm wanted to channel any run-off through a new pipeline into Lash Brook, on the village’s southern ed...