Families living near the Coachmaker Way Co-op in Hethersett say gangs of "noisy" teenagers, wearing balaclavas, create constant problems outside the site.

The 4,320 sq ft shop, in a village just six miles from Norwich, opened two years ago as part of the Heather Gardens project, delivering more than 1,000 homes to the area.

The store (Image: Emily-Rose Thompson)

But parents are too scared to let their children use the store as they claim "rowdy" youths patrol the car park and drivers constantly speed up and down the road.

Labour councillor Ben Weston says for months Heather Gardens has been "plagued by a reckless........

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