TESTS are being carried out to record levels of noise caused by cars racing around the Three Counties Retail Park on Roman Way at night.

Complaints by residents on Townsend Way have led environmental health officers from Malvern Hills District Council staging the tests to gauge noise levels.

The tests started last Friday (July 26) and will finish after next weekend.

"It's particularly a weekend problem from what we can gather," said environmental health officer Malcolm Robinson.

He said the department has powers to force the owner of the park, Insignia Richard Ellis, to change its layout if the tests show the noise is above a certain level.

MP Sir Michael Spicer is to meet residents from Townsend Way to discuss the problem on Monday, August 12. He said: "It's time for me to see the situation on the ground."