A High Wycombe beauty spot that is set to be turned into a housing estate has been littered with flytipping after the gates were allegedly left open following a public information event.

The Bucks Free Press revealed in June that plans for new homes, a primary school and a restaurant had been revealed for the Gomm Valley site, with developers, Human + Nature, hosting a community engagement session on the site from June 29 to July 1.

However, residents living nearby say the gates to the field were left open following the event - and flytippers have taken advantage of the easy access and dumped piles of waste there.

Tony Fozard said the flytipping was reported within the same week it appeared, but is still there five weeks later.

He also said that a large water container that was left behind after the event has also been vandalised and criticised the organisers for allowing it to happen.

A spokesman for Human + Nature said they were sad to hear what had happened.

They said: “It is a great sadness to us that the site is used for fly tipping and this antisocial behaviour is then used to criticise our ambitions.

“We put considerable effort in to clearing the site before the event and continue to work with the farmer to resolve the ongoing issues.

“We appreciate the public brining this to our attention and hope to have it resolved as soon as possible.”

Wycombe District Council spokesman, Sue Robinson, added: “The land is privately owned and it is the responsibility of the landowner to clear any flytipping.

“We will monitor the situation from an environmental health point of view, but it is the responsibility of the landlord to clear the site.”

Gomm Valley and Ashwells was one of five reserve sites along with Abbey Barn South, Abbey Barn North, Terriers Farm and Slate Meadow to be released for development in a controversial move by Wycombe District Council in October 2014.

The land was released to meet growing housing need, but campaigners were unhappy with the decision.