Villagers vow to fight £240m housing plan

More than 100 people crammed into Beltinge Village Hall to unanimously oppose a planned £240 million housing development.

The lively crowd gathered to voice their anger at a controversial scheme to build up to 1,375 homes on land in Hillborough. Everyone voted to fight the proposals, choosing to form a Beltinge and Reculver Residents’ Association to help the cause.

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Action group resists development plan

More than 100 residents turned out at the first meeting of a new group opposing a giant development planned for Hillborough. But it got off to a rocky start after chairman Michael Britton turned away Reculver resident and former independent council candidate Phil Rose, claiming the meeting was for people from Beltinge only.

Mr Rose, who has been campaigning for the Downs to be given Village Green status, told the Times he had attended to offer his help with a website.

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