Kew’s Housing Estate on a Swamp Fiasco

Kew wildlife habitat loss and recent flooding problems were fully predicted years ago. *SSGB (Save Southport Greenbelt) campaigned, since at least 2005,  against the destruction of wildlife habitat at flood-prone Kew for housing development. SSGB was greeted with some hostile political and developmental scorn yet found support with Phil Rodwell of SGB website. Phil could also see the foolishness of building on the soggy Kew flood plain. In January 2008 SSGB asked “Will they listen? Parts of Kew housing estate are already clearly highlighted on the Flood Map produced by the Environment Agency so why do Sefton Council apparently want … Continue reading Kew’s Housing Estate on a Swamp Fiasco