Seven Billionth of the World's Opinion

How can it be that building is happening on water logged land? How can it be that planning had been approved on land that is known for flooding? It seems builders will build anywhere so long as there is profit to be made. Buildings insurers are loathe to insure a property that is built on a known floodplain. Time will only tell what will happen. See my time lapse video below showing houses being built on a floodplain in Nuneaton. Time Lapse Video of Building on Flood Plain This video show time lapse images of building work occurring on a known floodplain. Roughly 2 photos were taken per day between February and December 2014. Nuneaton is presently bearing the brunt of property developers ruining this modest market town known for George Eliot and green countryside. Not anymore. Here, we can see Davidson Homes Development, Heritage View in Nuneaton. (Read more about the horrendous building plans underway in Nuneaton on my other blog post). Question of Compensation for F...

There are proposed to be over 7000 houses to be built in and around the modest market town of Nuneaton, the birthplace of George Eliot. These horrible building developments are said to be needed to provide affordable homes for first time buyers, to boost economy and provide jobs – but for whom? Not the residents for sure, but the greedy builders. Nuneaton's Horrendous Building Development This provides nothing but misery for the Nuneaton residents. Namely because: Nuneaton’s Crammed Population in Warwickshire. According to the Nuneaton & Bedworth Housing Strategy 2010-15 paper, Nuneaton is already crammed compared to the rest of Warwickshire. Nuneaton possesses over 121,000 residents crammed within 30 sq miles. Rugby has 91,000 in its relatively spacious 137 sq miles. Stratford-upon-Avon has almost 118,000 residents to enjoy 377sq miles of land and the whole of North Warwickshire has 62,000 residents to spread over 110sq miles ( source: Nuneaton & Bedworth ...