We live in £325k newbuild just 9ft from 70mph A-road – the council are helping our neighbours but we’re getting NOTHING
RESIDENTS living in a £325,000 newbuild just 9ft from a 70mph A-road say the council are helping their neighbours – but they’re getting nothing.
The noise from the road near Coleshill in Warwickshire is louder than a rock concert.
Locals on the newbuild estate have also been warned not to eat any home-grown vegetables – because their soil could be poisonous.
After neighbours complained, North Warwickshire Borough Council promised to wrap an acoustic fence around the development, triple glaze their windows and improve their ventilation systems.
But fuming couple Jayne and Robert Snelson said they have been “offered nothing” – and wish they had also made a fuss.
Jayne, 66, said: “We are just as close as them and we have been offered nothing.
“We should have made a fuss because we’d take anything to lower the volume.
“You can sit outside for a bit then the noise cracks you up. It is relentless.
The couple moved into their home after relocating from Cyprus and had not appreciated just how noisy the road was.
But there will be no acoustic fence or triple glazing for them.
Locals already have to cope with traffic thundering past on a dual carriageway.
It makes their fences shake and causes some residents to wear ear-plugs while inside their “dream homes”.
Jackie and James McCormack finally won their court case against the council after moving into their three-bed property in February 2021.
Within a day the pair realised their £325,000 home – just nine feet from a busy A road – was completely unliveable.
When The Sun visited the grandparents at their property in Coleshill, Warwickshire, noise levels smashed 85 decibels when a wagon rattled past.
Now North Warwickshire Borough Council has warned the soil in their gardens may be poisoned after samples were tested.
One resident, who did not want to be named, said: “We actually asked for assurances before we bought the property that the soil was not contaminated.
“The site used to be a garage with underground fuel storage so this may explain it.
“This is another blow when we are already having to cope with the noise from the dual carriageway but hopefully the Council will take remedial action.”
In a statement, a spokeswoman for North Warwickshire Borough Council said: “In general, North Warwickshire Borough Council has agreed that the noise condition was not discharged properly and has apologised to those who have contacted us.
“The Council has offered to implement the works that would have been required via the noise condition at its own expense.
“This offer was not initially taken up but is now progressing.
“Despite the initial mistake, the Ombudsman has commended the Council on its work to rectify the mistake.
“The Council has gone beyond what the Ombudsman has required them to do.”
She added: “Each planning application is considered in its own context.
“It is worth noting that planning permission for the houses at this location was first granted in 2008.
“The Ombudsman has concluded that the Council was not at fault with regard to that scheme.”
