Plans to build almost 200 new homes in a West Sussex village have been met with fierce opposition.

BoKlok Housing, partly owned by furniture giant Ikea, has submitted proposals to build 170 “sustainable” homes that will be made off-site and craned into position on land west of Bilsham Road in Yapton.

Planning documents say the development, which will be made up of two-, three- and four-bedroom houses, will have access and parking, areas of open space, play space and ecology areas with associated vehicular and pedestrian access, attenuation ponds and landscaping and associated works.

Thirty per cent of the homes will be affordable.

In January, approval was given for 140 homes on the ten hectares of open fields after an application was made by Landlink Estates.

A design statement read: “All BoKlok homes are manufactured off-site in state-of-the-art production facilities using advanced timber frame construction technology. Off-site manufacture lowers the environmental impact, especially in the use of timber frames.

“The carbon footprint is less than half that of comparable traditional build projects which makes the product more sustainable and cost effective.

“The houses comprise three dimensional modules which arrive on site fully fitted out both internally and externally, and are then craned into position, making for a very fast and efficient process on site.”

The Swedish home provider has built more than 12,000 homes throughout Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway.

BoKlok said it has “worked to respond to feedback and any concerns that have been raised by stakeholders”.

A public exhibition sharing more information about the scheme was held in March.

However, the application has attracted more than 100 objections from residents who fear the development could lead to flooding and put pressure on local amenities such as schools and doctors’ surgeries.

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Sophie Meigh, from Yapton, said: “I don’t think the village can cope with any more traffic.

“I think Yapton is developed enough now and it needs to stop.”

Keith Wood said: “This will have a significant impact on the already struggling infrastructure of Yapton.

“More traffic with no more roads, shops and schools with an already overcrowded, overflowing village.”

Victoria Roe Dos Santos said: “Over the years we can’t help but notice the sheer extent of the housing development that the village of Yapton has seen.

“Every road into the village has one, two if not three new housing developments.

“The proposal negatively impacts the countryside, environment and detracts from the individual character of Yapton.

“The generic design is uncreative and simply adds housing without creating a sense of place.”

Allen Misselbrook said: “The services in the parish are already working under impossible pressures.”

Yapton Parish Council said in a letter the application should be refused as it would “erode Yapton’s rural identity” and put further pressure on the already oversubscribed Yapton Primary School.

West Sussex County Council has also objected to the proposal over flooding concerns, with a spokesman saying the developer had not provided an acceptable flood risk assessment.

While Southern Water said the development could lead to “an increased risk of foul flooding from the sewer network”.