Hundreds of outraged locals flocked to the field in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, to vent their anger at the work that began on the land on August 29.

Sawbridgeworth, East Hertfordshire was the latest area to be targeted by developers who arrived on Friday morning with huge lorries, fences going up and roads being blocked.

Hundreds of protesters, many of whom had camped overnight, clapped and cheered as vans and diggers left a field this morning in Sawbridgeworth, in East Hertfordshire.