Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03 Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins, who has been visiting flooded homes and helped to set up
00:08 a flood appeal for victims, says more needs to be done to help the affected families now
00:12 and in the future.
00:14 Mr Perkins has visited various areas across Chesterfield after Storm Babette left parts
00:18 of the town underwater.
00:20 He spoke to the Environment Agency and arranged for water to be pumped out of Tapton Terrace,
00:24 where an elderly woman was tragically found dead following the flood.
00:28 Mr Perkins said "It's heartbreaking that a woman in her 80s died during the flooding.
00:33 There must be a full investigation into this tragedy, including whether any more can be
00:36 done to prevent flooding in this area again.
00:39 People are very upset because they've been flooded again.
00:42 The flood remediation efforts that were put in place after the 2007 floods have not really
00:47 worked.
00:48 The River Rother remediation scheme may have delayed it a bit, but it didn't prevent
00:52 the flood."
00:53 He added "I will ask the government and the council if they can provide funds for
00:57 people who have been flooded.
00:58 In 2007 all flood victims received a payment.
01:02 Secondly, I will be asking the government to provide support for the council who now
01:06 have extra costs that they did not have before.
01:09 And finally, I will be asking for an investigation to assess why people have been flooded again
01:13 and what can be done to protect Chesterfield from floods in the future."
01:19 A campaigner who is opposed to a massive housing development in Derbyshire is calling for a
01:24 judicial review into the plans unless the council planners refuse to reject the scheme.
01:29 Bolsover District Council is considering Waystone Ltd's planning application for the Clown
01:33 Garden Village housing scheme, which would see 1,800 properties as well as community
01:38 and commercial facilities built between Clown and Balbora.
01:43 Many residents have raised concerns about the development's impact on highways and
01:46 existing services, the loss of countryside and wildlife, as well as fears about drainage,
01:51 flooding and overcrowding.
01:54 Now Clown Garden Village Action Group campaigner Don Webb has written to the council demanding
01:59 a judicial review.
02:00 Mr Webb claims that when the original planning application was submitted in 2017 it did not
02:06 match the council's local plan and Greenbeltland should not have later been released to allow
02:10 development.