Angry Totnes householders are demanding action to end the flooding nightmare they are faced with every time it rains heavily.

The residents of Meadow Brook in Bridgetown are regularly left with two foot high floodwaters outside their homes that come just a few feet from their front doors.

The wash from passing cars have caused their homes to flood so ofter that the Environment Agency has fitted the houses with flood doors, revealed resident, Michael Barlow.

The regular flooding is wrecking driveways and making the road outside impassable for cars and pedestrians for days at a time, warned Mr Barlow.

This week a car which drove into the flood in the dark had to be abandoned after it broker down, he pointed out.

“It happens every time there is a downpour. It is terrible. It comes up the driveway lifting slabs and now they are cracking,” he said.

“It has been going on for years now and nothing is being done about it.”

Mr Barlow, who has lived in meadow Brook for 15 years, said that he believed that nearby drains were not being cleaned out probably – and in any event they were not adequate enough to clear the water which runs into what is a dip in the road next to a large grassed community area containing a culverted stream.

“The drains are just not capable of clearing the water. We have complained to Devon Highways for years. They come and look at the drainage, poke around and do nothing.”

He said the flooding blocked the road for cars and pedestrians were forced to walk into the boggy park as the water also covered the pavements.

He said that a few years ago a car ended up being written off when it was driven into the flood by an unsuspecting driver.

He also pointed out that it can often be days before the flood subsides.

The Environment Agency installed flood doors in the homes most at risk as part of the £3.8 million Totnes Flood defence project which was completed in the town last year.

Mr Barlow said that the flood water regularly came to within three feet of his front door and had flooded over the door sill as passing cars created a significant wash.