Plans to install electric car chargers at a Norfolk service station have been scrapped amid safety fears. 

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council has refused the proposals for new chargers at Hillington Service Station, which had drawn strong objections from local people. 

Councillors raised concerns about the safety of the development and suggested there could be a "biblical" fire in the village if the eight bays were installed. 

This is despite the applicant, Motor Fuel Group, insisting the chargers were "desperately needed" as part of the UK government's net zero ambitions. 

Simon Nash, independent councillor for West Winch ward, said: "These bays would be next to a petrol station in the middle of the village - it would only take one car to catch fire for there to be a conflagration on a biblical scale."

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Other concerns were also raised about the impact of the development on the busy A148 and increased noise pollution for neighbouring properties.

Jonathan Lockwood, who lives next to the service station, said: "There would be constant buzzing all day and all night.

"I'm sure it would drive us crazy."

Councillors voted against the proposals at a meeting on Monday.