A 25-home estate in East Hanney was “inevitable” after other developments paved the way, councillors told residents.

Greenland Henley Ltd will build the houses on a green field east of the A338, to the south of a recently completed Linden Homes estate, Saxon Gate.

Vale of White Horse District Council’s planning committee unanimously agreed to give the new homes the go-ahead on Wednesday night, despite residents’ concerns that the field regularly floods.

Councillor Jerry Patterson said: “When Saxon Place was built, East Hanney had crossed the A338, making this development inevitable.”

Vale planning policy states that development should not be built outside of a village boundary, which in East Hanney was formerly the A338.

Councillor Sue Marchant added: “I have concerns about the access point, but with other houses being built I don’t think we have got any reason to refuse.”

The developer has offered the option of building a pump on the site to remove surface water.

A spokesman for the applicant’s agent Boughton Butler said: “We are proposing a hybrid solution of mixed drainage, but bearing in mind the permeability of the ground, the pump option is there.

“The drainage system would prevent flooding from overflowing on to the road, so you could argue that we are reducing the risk of the road flooding.”

Greenland Henley will contribute approximately £450,000 towards local infrastructure.

Some of that could go to St James’ primary school if the county council determines that it can be expanded.