'I'm on edge all the time' - park home resident

The site has a licence for 85 homes but residents say that has been exceeded

Park home residents have said they are worried their site's owners are installing too many prefabricated houses.

Wilby Residential Park, near Wellingborough, has a licence from North Northamptonshire Council for 85 homes.

But tenants have said an extra seven have already been placed there by landowners Wyldecrest Parks since 2021 - bringing the total to 92 - and they are worried more could be on the way.

Wyldecrest Parks told the BBC it could not comment.

Denise Tobin says she is "on edge" because she believes more homes could appear on the site

Park homes are typically prefabricated single-storey houses installed on land owned privately or by a local authority.

It is estimated around 159,000 people live in mobile homes on 1,832 sites in England.

Denise Tobin has lived on the Wilby Park site for almost 12 years and said she was "really upset" with Wyldecrest after it placed a mobile home over a section of her front garden.

Ms Tobin has also lost two parking spaces and is "on edge all the time", believing more homes will be placed in her back garden without any notice.

Ms Tobin said: "It's heartbreaking. We can't go about our daily business as we're always thinking about it."

Frank Kew says he lives in constant "anxiety" that Wyldecrest Parks will place another mobile home in his property

Constant worry

Another resident, Fred Kew, said the worry of Wyldecrest placing more homes on his property meant he was "anxious all the time".

Mr Kew added: "[Wyldescrest Parks] don't seem answerable to anybody. They just seem to do what they want, when they want."

Jason Smithers, leader of North Northamptonshire Council, said the authority was going to "liaise with the site operators".