A marketing campaign to sell new homes built on a controversial redevelopment of a Suffolk council's former headquarters has been branded "embarrassing" by a councillor.

The first 11 new homes of a total of 49, have gone on sale at Bowlers Croft in Corks Lane, Hadleigh, the former headquarters of Babergh District Council.

The site, which is being developed by joint venture company Babergh Growth in partnership with Norse Group working with Gipping Construction, has been beset with problems and is forecast to lose £3milion.

Pictures used to promote the sale of the new homes included images of St Petersburg in Russia.

The images used online have now been removed by the marketing agent William H Brown. 

Both Babergh District Council and the estate agent said they were used in error. 

One of the images, since deleted, showed baked goods being sold in EurosOne of the images, since deleted, showed baked goods being sold in Euros (Image: William H Brown) Another image used showed baked goods on the shelf of a bakery. However, the image showed the pricing in Euros, rather than pounds. 

Another showed people rowing on what is shown to be the Dedham Vale and a third showed people punting along the River Cam, under the Mathematical Bridge, in Cambridge. 

Another image showed people rowing in the sunsetAnother image showed people rowing in the sunset (Image: William H Brown) "We believe the beauty of our district, and the high quality of this particular development, speak for themselves – and hope that a simple error by a supplier as part of the digital marketing for the site hasn’t caused too much confusion or upset," said a Babergh district council spokesperson.

Kathryn Grandon, who represents Hadleigh South, said: "It is rather embarrassing. There must be many photographs that give an image of our own area, let alone elsewhere in the UK or out of the country. 

"It does not give a true image of the town atmosphere and how beautiful our area is. We do not need to go external." 

A spokesperson for William H Brown said: "A few of those pictures were used in error in the digital marketing, but they have now been removed." 

The marketing brochure for Bowlers Croft focuses on the local area and includes a small section on the town’s connectivity to places to like Colchester, Dedham Vale and Cambridge. It was pictures from this section which were used in error online.

It comes after it was revealed the development is anticipated to lose an estimated £3million.

Members of Babergh council's overview and scrutiny committee are due to carry out a review into the redevelopment of the site.