A water company is set to launch an investigation after a sewage pipe was filled with concrete and caused a case of flooding.

Southern Water were called about outdoor flooding at a house in West Malling on Wednesday and engineers discovered concrete had been poured down the sewer flow by a third party.

The water firm are currently at the site in Police Station Road in a bid to repair the damage caused and tinkering is in place to help manage the flow of sewage through the damaged pipe.

A spokesman for Southern Water said: “We are using tankers to manage the sewer flows to ensure the 96 properties, which are home to around 225 residents, connected to the main can continue to use their facilities.

“As there is also a nursing home on the street, as part of our vulnerable customer emergency planning we are keeping local residents informed of our work and progress.

“We are currently on site, working with our partners to fix the problem as quickly and safely as possible and we have specialist equipment en route so we can replace the section of pipe damaged by concrete.

“Our team will be hand delivering letters to residents advising of the work and the potential timeframes for the repair later today. We believe this will take around seven to 10 days.

“We understand this is disruptive and we are sorry for the inconvenience. We would like to assure people we are working hard to resolve this issue, which was caused by a third party, as quickly and safely as possible.”