Flooding 'proves case against new housing'
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 permission was awarded on appeal in 2018. But opponents say the flooding wasn’t a one-off and, in f...