A report examining the impact on traffic of a proposed supermarket and hundreds of houses in Gorleston has failed to alleviate local concerns. 

The development would see Norfolk County Council build 240 homes and a Lidl store, as well as a care site, on farmland it owns south of Links Road.

The application was submitted two years ago and since then has faced strong opposition with one of the main concerns being "traffic chaos".

A revised transport assessment, however, states that traffic associated with the proposed development "does not represent a severe transport impact".

The plan includes two access roads from Links Road, two toucan crossings and a shared pedestrian and cycle track to the northern side of Links Road to the junction of Mariners Compass.

According to the report, carried out on behalf of the county council, the proposed site is "a highly accessible and sustainable location" with future residents and visitors able to access it "via a variety of sustainable modes of travel".

The assessment has not conviced some residents. Since the beginning of April, another 20 objections, most of them worried about traffic, have been lodged with Great Yarmouth Borough Council.

One woman said there would be "mayhem" on Links Road.

Another said the planned access to the development would "cause major traffic chaos and safety issues both on Links Road and the A47 roundabout".

Others said a new supermarket should be built instead at Beacon Park.

Not all responses have been against the bid.

A man living on Colby Drive argued that "this side of the borough is in desperate need for a more substantial food supermarket".

Another man, living on Viking Close, said concerns have been "overblown by local NIMBYs who will find any reason/excuse to reject a development".