Locals have lodged dozens of objections against plans to relocate a Grade II listed water hydrant as part of plans to enable a controversial housing development off Whitwell High Street.
The hydrant, which dates back to 1887, is 1 of 8 to be found throughout Whitwell and Nettlecombe, known locally as ‘red boys’ or ‘lions’ after the ornate lion head decorations to be found on them.
This 1 is currently located within a stone wall on Whitwell High Street and the applicant, Perry Properties, wishes to relocate it in order ‘to comply with the access requirements requested by Island Roads’, in relation to their plans to build 22 houses on a field off the High Street.
However, local residents – who have consistently objected to the development and have even formed a protest group – have so far lodged 24 objections to the proposed relocation of the hydrant, with more expected in the coming days.
The application points out that the hydrant was originally in a different location and says that ‘careful excavation will be undertaken prior to relocating the water hydrant to establish if same is still connected to the pipework system’, as this is currently unclear.
Under the plans, the hydrant would be moved 1.5m north of where it is currently situated.
You can view the plans – and the objections – on the Council’s website.
I’m sure permission to move it will be granted when the big brown envelope arrives at the council offices
Brown envelopes always do the trick.
Majority of people are driven by greed.
1.5 m is too much, if it was less than 1m I’d have been fine with it, but that extra 50cm means these houses should not be built.
I’ll have you know it was moved previously when they built my home. It should not be moved again. No more homes!
Very funny, you should be on the stage!
They will do what all Tories do, just remove it and pay the fine just like Sainsburys did to the protected trees they cut down. How do you like modern Brittan??? You can thank the Tories for that.
Where do these badly written comments and their large amount of upticks come from ? Always political and always left wing, is this site now owned by Reach (Mirror group) like the other ‘island’ paper?
It actually becomes counter-productive, blaming a political party for every single, little thing that happens, even when it’s obviously totally irrelevant.
But logic and common sense doesn’t come into it, apparently.
And, you’re right, CP went the same way and the Comments section there is a total mess now and best avoided. As I said, counter-productive.
Is that Leon?
1.5m please confirm is that meters or miles, either way it should stay where it is
go back to school numpty! ffs