Residents have complained about noise from a water pumping system associated with a SUDs pond on a new housing development being constructed on the outskirts of Marske.

Local councillor Dr Tristan Learoyd said the noise was akin to a “fax machine”.

Cllr Learoyd also said the pond, or basin, created for drainage purposes at the Miller Homes/Taylor Wimpey site, just south of Marske, off Longbeck Road, was unsightly and likened it to a “swamp”.

Referring to the noise being emitted, local householder Ian Collings said: “[It is] unbearable.

“It’s on and off all night, sometimes lasting for minutes, and is keeping us awake and causing a lack of sleep.”

In a response a representative on behalf of Miller Homes/Taylor Wimpey said the SUDs was “operating as we would expect” and such features of

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