A CAMPAIGN to resist housing development on Boyneswood Road in Medstead has been launched.

Residents in Four Marks and Medstead are opposed to what they describe as a "disgraceful" proposal to build three dwellings on the entrance to Chawton Park Woods.

Fight 4 Four Marks member Simon Thomas was shocked by the application. He said: "This development would block off the open access to the woods and fundamentally change the street scene in what is a rural location."

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