Peaceful protest: Hucknall residents urged to support demonstration to save green belt
Hucknall green belt campaigners are organising a peaceful protest against proposals to built 100 homes on land at Misk Hills.
The demonstration will also protest against proposals for 3,000 homes on Whyburn Farm.
Residents and campaigners in the town have been left furious after a Government planning inspector overturned Ashfield Council’s refusal of plans to build 100 homes off Common Lane at Misk Hills.
At a public meeting on March 19, town MP Michelle Welsh said she was continuing to look into ways the plans could yet be paused, despite rulings by planning inspectors usually being ruled as final.
Now, members of the Hucknall Against Whyburn Farm Deveopment (HAWFD) group are organising a peaceful protest against the plans at the foot of Misk Hills on Sunday, April 12 at 9.30am.
Residents’ concerns remain unchanged – that Hucknall cannot take anymore development with it’s already creaking infrastructure simply unable to cope with any more new housing, that Misk Hills is of historic significance to the town with their links to Lord Byron and DH Lawrence and that building on both Misk Hills and Whyburn would rob the town of its last precious bits of green belt, home to wildlife and a popular with walkers and families.
The protestors will be meeting on the day at the corner of Common Lane at its junction with The Common.
Jemma Chambers, HAWFD founder, said: “If you drive please park considerately, remember people will need to come and go to and from their houses.
"We will not be going on to Misk Hill – I don’t want to disturb the wildlife.
“The plan is to show support through your presence.”