A GOVERNMENT bid to "get Britain building" has been labelled "a disaster" during an event near Petersfield by the figurehead of a national organisation .

The President of the Ramblers is convinced that developers would have "trampled all over" the South Downs had it not been accorded National Park status.

Kate Ashbrook believes the area was designated in the nick of time as thousands of homes are now being earmarked for villages on its fringes.

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