They raised concerns over the developer's strategy to drain water from a proposed estate on land near Rackheath.

Officers for Anglian Water said: "To overcome our objection, the applicant is required to submit with this application sufficient surface water evidence as to why the surface water overflow into Anglian Water surface water network is required.

"The preferred method of surface water disposal would be to a sustainable drainage system (SuDS) with connection to sewer seen as the last option."

Anglian Water's officers are not the only ones to raise concerns over the development.

Neighbours living on Green Lane West, near where the homes have been earmarked, have also said no to the scheme.

They say drivers speed down their quiet village street, which has both 30 and 40mph restrictions as well as a give-way bay, and fear if the scheme goes ahead the additional drivers would make the road more dangerous.

Sammi Beck, a nurse who lives with her mum, Gill Ramsay, said: "The speeding has been getting really bad and to be fair, when they put in the NDR it took a lot of the traffic, but this road still gets used.

Sammi Beck and Gill Ramsay (Image: Sonya Duncan)

"We've had a number of collisions and it's not something that will improve with the new homes. The roads around here are just not geared up for it."

Norfolk Homes has applied to Broadland District Council, which is yet to decide on the plans, to build the development east of Green Lane West in Rackheath.

The six hectares of land earmarked for the scheme is currently farmland and is near the former Rackheath airfield, where almost 4,000 additional homes could also be built.

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