Concerned residents are rallying against a developer’s latest attempt to roll out an “obscene” housing estate on farmland.

Following decades of unsuccessful applications for the site, Gladman is seeking approval to build 120 homes on land north of Popes Lane in Sturry.

But residents say the area’s agricultural land is too precious, and the surrounding road network is already overburdened with traffic.

Sturry and Broad Oak Residents Association chair, Peta Boucher, says the land is not the best place for more houses.

“It will take way more agricultural land, which we need; we are facing a shortage of areas to grow crops,” said Ms Boucher, who has lived in the area for 12 years.

“The farmer wants to sell [the land] to make a bit of money - fair enough. But we’ve got houses that have bee

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