FURTHER to Hugh Jaeger’s letter (January 30) regarding the building on flood plains causing flooding, I would like to add my comments.

As the building of houses west of Tilbury Lane has commenced on a field that floods on a regular basis, I am concerned not only for the allotment site experiencing flash floods, but the fact that the drainage ditch at the bottom of the allotments feeds in to Seacourt Stream.

So if top soil from the allotments is washed into the drainage ditch and therefore into Seacourt Stream surely this is going to add to the problem.

SUE QUAINTON
Hon. Sec. Tilbury Lane Allotment Association
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Botley