Residents are angry about the disruption caused by a new development near their homes.

Works for a Betterment Properties development on Nottington Lane in Weymouth started last week and residents say that the trucks which constantly go in and out of the entrance to the building site are kicking up dust which is going over their homes and their cars.

Some also complained about the noise created by the continual activity on site from mid-morning onwards.

Rene Wilkinson, 70, who lives on Nottington Lane, said that dozens of trucks coming in and out of the entrance by his house every day were causing “really thick” dust to be released into the air.

He added had not been able to open his windows for most of last week, despite the boiling hot weather, because of the amount of dust in the air.

He said: “It has been unbearable and even in the evening when they have gone it is still too hot because there has been no ventilation throughout the house during the day.”

Mr Wilkinson added: “We did leave the kitchen window slightly ajar and the worktop of the kitchen was covered in dust.”

Additionally, he said the constant presence of the trucks and other vehicles are creating noise pollution and occasionally blocking access to his house on the road. He accepted that the houses on the development did need to be built, but thought that more could be done to make the works less disruptive to residents.

Mr Wilkinson said: “I think that first the entrance needs moving somewhere else so it is not immediately outside our property.”

Another resident who lives on the road, but did not wish to be named, agreed with his neighbour.

He said: “I think they need to have a bit more consideration for the people living here. For starters they should put some screening up.”

One other neighbour on the road, who also wished not to be named, felt they were being ignored.

She said: “I realise they have got to do it but I do not think they are showing any consideration to us.”

Joe Saunders, the development manager of Betterment Properties, said he had been to the site and spoken to residents about their issues with the development.

He said: “We have now put some measures in to reduce the dust. We will be putting tarmac chipping down as opposed to the Portland stone which is currently causing the dust issues.”

Mr Saunders added: “With the access issues we have changed the programmes slightly to widen the entrance of the road.”

He also said that while not much could be done about the level of noise caused by work on the site, he reassured residents that work would not be performed early in the morning or past a certain time at night.