RED-FACED housing developers have put their hands up to a mistake which meant a new road sign was misspelt.

Sheepish Bovis Homes has joked they would be getting a new dictionary in their office to avoid any similar errors as work continues on the Thistle Hill estate in Minster.

The admission comes after one of our eagle-eyed readers spotted a sign for Dehlia Walk.

He contacted us with the suggestion it was surely supposed to be Dahlia, as many of the roads in the area are named after flowers.

“Dehlia” Walk is near Nettle Way, Holly Drive, and Cornflower Way.

We contacted Swale council to check it out and a spokesman confirmed the authority had approved the name of the road as Dahlia Walk.

Bovis Homes was informed and have promised to replace the £100 sign.

When a Times Guardian reporter headed out to the road to speak to home owners, they found that hardly any of the few houses on the walk had actually been sold.

A resident, who didn’t want to be named, said they were already aware of the mistake and often used both spellings to be sure but said they hadn’t had any problems with post or deliveries.

A spokesman for Bovis Homes said: “We’d like to thank whoever spotted this error and we will now look to correct it as soon as we can.

“We have spoken to Kent Highways and informed them that we will be ordering a new sign and getting it in place without delay.

“We will also be getting a new dictionary in the office.

“Looking ahead to the next phase of Bovis Homes at Minster, we might suggest the council think again about the naming of Chrysanthemum Avenue!”

Swale council said it had not had any complaints about the sign and it has no plans to use the word ‘chrysanthemum’ in any road namings on the estate in the future.