Plans for a new housing development in a Peterborough village have been withdrawn amid concerns around drainage at the proposed site.

Morro Partnerships submitted plans to Peterborough City Council in May last year for the construction of 47 new homes off Station Road, Thorney.

The proposal would have seen the demolition of existing industrial buildings on the site, once occupied by Moore Steel Developments Ltd, to make way for the new homes.

Initial proposals received backlash from residents and Thorney Parish Council who raised concerns around flooding, drainage, access, and lack of infrastructure.

The parish council claimed that there were "major village-wide concerns" that doctors and schools would be oversubscribed.

Planning documents from the applicant stated that the planned

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