Flood plain homes scheme deferred

Hundreds of properties were flooded when the rivers burst their banks

Plans to build 100 more homes on a Gloucestershire estate have been deferred after concerns they might be prone to flooding.

Protesters gathered outside Tewkesbury Borough Council offices on Tuesday as local politicians met to discuss the scheme for the Wheatpieces estate.

The town's Conservative MP Laurence Robertson said a 1901 Ordnance Survey map showed it to be on a flood plain.

The developer has now been asked to review the scheme's drainage system.

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