TORRENTIAL rain which left a Llanbadarn street “flowing like a river” with raw sewage and forced a manhole cover to lift are “just another example” of why further housing developments nearby should be stopped, a councillor has said.

Cllr Paul James, who had previously objected to a major 48-home development near Brynteg over flooding fears, said that it is “clear” that the infrastructure in the village is “not fit for purpose” and described further housing developments as “madness”.

Three sites in Llanbadarn and at the top of Primrose Hill have been identified by Ceredigion council in its Local Development Plan as land for extra housing.

“After another severe downpour in Llanbadarn Fawr, Primrose Hill suddenly once again turned into a river, and again had a major impact on the village,” Cllr James said.

“With this water we saw elements of raw sewage which also headed down into our historic village.

“This was even noted by members of Ceredigion Highways Workforce who could actually smell the sewage and commented so.

“This then proves that the issues that myself and Cllr Gareth Davies have raised over many years along with residents' concerns, that the sewage infrastructure within Llanbadarn Fawr is not fit for purpose.

“So to think of building any more houses on the upper part of Primrose Hill, would in my opinion be insane as Llanbadarn Fawr is already well overdeveloped."

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