Bungalow is sought Flooding problems leave couple ‘stuck’
PLANS to build a bungalow in
Monk Bretton have been submitted to the council.
If approved, the new building will be built adjacent to Burton Road.
A total of 25 neighbours have been made aware of the plans with no appeals to date. Public consultation ends on December 5.
A COUPLE in Thurnscoe say they are at their wits’ end following a lengthy battle with Yorkshire Water and Barnsley Council over flooding.
Dawn Patterson and her partner James Towey discovered their worst nightmare when they started renovating their property.
The purchase of their house on Shepherd Lane was completed in April and they began their refurbishment in mid-July.
However, they uncovered a multitude of damp spots and soon realised the bottom of their house was flooded.
Dawn and James had frequent communication with Yorkshire Water and Barnsley Council – which amounted to no straight-forward answer or solution, they say.
The couple claim the manhole in their front garden – which was connected to the council’s gully – had never been mapped or maintained.
Dawn said: “We were told that there are no records of this drainage.
“We are really stuck at the minute – there is no council drainage board to contact and Yorkshire Water are saying that the blocked sewers under the house have been repaired, but our insurance company sent out their own drainage engineers and found that nothing had changed. We’ve even bought our own pump and pump water out from the floor on a daily basis. We have no flooring and we can’t renovate because it will continue flooding – we’re sat on little chairs in the living room with nothing else.”
A spokesperson from Yorkshire Water added: “As soon as we were made aware of the problem we visited the property to investigate – we cleared a blockage of silt and mud from the surface-water sewer and visited a number
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“Any water on the property is a private issue – usually dealt with through the homeowner insurance.
“However, we know that this type of issue can be distressing and as a goodwill gesture we have offered to contribute towards costs to resolve the problem.”