A council has promised to alleviate flooding on a residential road after it was inundated for the fourth time in seven years.

People living on Beighton Road in Acle have been voicing their frustration yet again after floodwater threatened their doorsteps and one man thanked a neighbour for 'saving his home'.

During heavy rains, water sometimes rushes from a field opposite the houses before flowing across the road and into the driveways and gardens.

On two occasions, in December 2020 and June 2016, homes themselves were flooded, uprooting families and damaging property.

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Great Yarmouth Mercury: An image taken from a ring doorbell of the flooded driveway of James Farley's home on Beighton Road in Acle. An image taken from a ring doorbell of the flooded driveway of James Farley's home on Beighton Road in Acle. (Image: Supplied by James Farley)

James Farley, 36, who lives on the road, was on holiday at the time of the most recent flooding on Thursday, May 11.

"My neighbours blocked my door with sandbags. They literally saved my house," he said.

"If it wasn't for them and the amazing fire service I would have come home to a nightmare."

Another resident said: "This is our homes. We all have young children and it's scary for them to keep having to worry about this."

Her children, aged from five to seven-years-old, suffer anxiety attacks every time it rains in fear they are going to be flooded, she said.

Great Yarmouth Mercury: During heavy rains, water sometimes rushes from a field before flowing across Beighton Road and entering houses. During heavy rains, water sometimes rushes from a field before flowing across Beighton Road and entering houses. (Image: Google Maps)

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Lana Hempsall, county councillor for the area, said there was "a plan in place".

"Works are programmed in to be started. We are waiting for permission to access the land when the harvest is finished," she said. 

A Norfolk County Council spokesperson said that engineers carried out a survey of the culvert and drainage system under the road and an ongoing feasibility study looking at ways to increase the flow of water from the site to the River Bure.

Additional works to desilt the main river and replace a section of drain in a nearby field are planned for the autumn, the spokesperson added.