GALLONS of muddy water flooded the gardens of residents living close to the site of a new ‘super school’ for the second time in a year.

Householders near the Marsden Heights Community College building site, Brierfield, said the flooding occurred following rain last week.

It happened despite promises made by developers last August that a ground drain had been installed to prevent such an occurrence.

Residents are now seeking assurances that everything will be done to ensure it does not happen a third time.

And councillors are calling for an urgent investigation into why the issue has not been resolved despite complaints being made.

A mountain of dirt at the edge of the super school development was responsible for causing the gushing, dirty water.

One resident, in Mansfield Grove, who asked not to be named, said the water ran up to his house, level with the front step.

He added: “I could hear bubbling water, so I had a look and it was about a foot high.

“It made a mess of my path and the pavement outside the house in the road.”

According to Coun Naeem Ashraf, one 82-year-old woman, who lives in Mansfield Grove, was up from 7am fighting the flood.

And residents in Mansfield Crescent were also affected by the flooding.

Last year, Bovis Lend Lease, acting on behalf of the joint county council and Catalyst’s Building Schools for the Future programme, said work would be carried out to ensure residents were not put through a similar ordeal in the event of heavy rain.

Yesterday a spokesman for Catalyst Lend Lease, which is running the development, said: “We’re very concerned about what happened.

“It was caused by a blocked land drain combined with heavy rain.

"It was cleaned up as quickly as possible afterwards. We hope it won’t happen again.”

Coun Ashraf said he would now raise the issue as an emergency item when the Pendle Council’s Brierfield and Reedley Committee meets next week.