DAVENPORT, Fla. — A small Polk County community says new development is causing flooding in their neighborhood.

Longtime Davenport resident Fred Daniell told Spectrum Bay News 9 that Hurricane Ian’s rain set the flooding off around his home.

“This is where the foundation of my home is cracking,” said Daniell.

Daniell walked us around his property to show us how the water that’s surrounding his home is loosening its foundation.

“I’ve been here for 22 years and Mrs. Brewer, who you’re gonna be speaking to shortly, has been here since early 1975. If you look over here to our North, you see the new subdivision that was just finished,” said Daniell.

“You can see the seawall when they came in here. First it was denied because of the flood plain, then somehow it got it approved and now has 4-foot build up for this entire subdivision.”

County commissioners report they are looking for a long-term solution to this problem but believe there are already drains in place.

“There should be drains in place already,” said County Commissioner Bill Braswell. “We believe those drains are most likely clogged with decades of build-up.”

Daniell and his neighbors handed Spectrum Bay News 9 a flash drive full of documents showing the condition of the home, before and after the storms started rolling in - besides building structure details for the new development in the area.

“We’ve lived here for 42 years,” said Beverly Brewer, a Davenport resident. “The pasture that’s around us is underwater and it used to be cow pasture and Orange grove. We used to be Lakeview and now we’re in the lake.”

County commissioners said they did not feel the flooding was because of new subdivisions, adding that they are working to find a solution.