I assume the fear that new houses might cause flooding is based on much firmer evidence than builders’ and architects’ evidence that it won’t.

Or is this another case of ‘I think there is a problem so you must acknowledge there is one’, with no evidence or attempt to gather evidence at all?

I would put my faith in qualified professionals before a group of NIMBYs – sorry, people concerned with quality of life.

BuckoTheMoose (via website).