CHILLINGTON Housing Action Team have drawn attention to the recent floods as further evidence that the village’s infrastructure won’t be able to cope with 65 new homes.

A spokesperson for CHAT said: ‘It would appear that much of the floodwater was due to overflowing soakaways, garages, flooded gardens and muddy surface water run-off down Port Lane and Coleridge Lane.

‘The water pipe near the telephone box on the A379 - referred to as the ‘village fountain’ by the developer - could not cope, and the water poured over the top of the wall of The Ridge.’

Some residents in the village reported that the main sewage pipes had overflowed due to the volume of surface water run-off experienced in a relatively short period of time, and that foul water had subsequently spilled over into Tanpits Brook and down into Frogmore Creek.

CHAT are now calling on South Hams Council’s planning committee to take note of the potential ‘additional flood risk’ from the proposed 7.5 acre development behind Green Park Way.