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A decision over plans for a new 48-home development in a Fenland village has been deferred after councillors raised concerns over flooding, road safety and overcrowding. Fenland District Council’s (FDC) planning committee refused to approve the homes, proposed on fields north of the Eaton Estate in Wimblington, at a meeting this week, instead voting to delay their decision. Councillors said they believed the extra homes could worsen local sewage overflows and flooding issues and that they were dissatisfied with uncertainty over whether it would be possible to implement a 20mph limit on a new r…

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