Muddy, bubbling water floods part of Corby’s Priors Hall estate during storms

Part of Corby’s newest estate was hit by flooding yesterday (Sunday, August 16) after a month’s worth of torrential rain fell on our county in just an hour.

Petr Neterda filmed the scenes at the junction Hobby Drive and Gretton Road during the heavy rainfall yesterday afternoon.

One onlooker said that the water appeared to come from a huge plain of flooding on land next to the Morrisons distribution centre that has recently been cleared of all its trees.

He added: “The land got filled with water and all of a sudden it went out on to the street.”

Priors Hall is Corby’s newest estate and houses on the Taylor Wimpey part of the estate, around Hobby Drive, sell for an average of £259,000.

It isn’t believed that my homes were flooded in that area yesterday.

Wellingborough and a Kettering both suffered severe flooding that has left some shops in Wellingborough facing a clean-up operation running into thousands.

An Urban + Civic spokeswoman said: “We have been to review the area this morning on behalf of Priors Hall Park residents and the flooding is on Gretton Road, which is outside of Priors Hall Park and on a Northamptonshire County Council road.

“It appears to have been caused by contractors working on land across the road (the Morrisons site) where a temporary water barrier looks to have burst, causing the road to flood.

While it isn’t related to Priors Hall Park or any of our contractors, we will follow this up with NCC to inform them and we will feedback to our residents.”

A Taylor Wimpey spokeswoman said that the flooded area is not owned by the building firm nor do they have any responsibility for its maintenance.