An application was put forward by Robert Bale for the site on Nowhere Lane in Sparham, near Dereham.

But the village's local authority expressed fears about drainage and highway safety.

A spokesman for Sparham Parish Council said: "This site will now have 12 holiday lets, each sleeping up to six people, within a two acre site that will mostly be buildings or hard-standing, with surface water run-off.

"This will result in further flooding issues, in addition to the existing problems of surface and foul........

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