OPPOSE CHURCH FIELDS

ACTION GROUP

FIGHT STEPPED UP TO STOP HOMES PLAN FRIDAY, MAY 12 -

AROUND 160 people packed the first public meeting of the Opposition Church Fields group on Tuesday. The clubhouse of Daventry and District Golf Club was filled as those attending organised themselves against the Church Fields development off Norton Road. The group hopes to stop any of the proposed 4,000 homes being built to the east of Daventry Country Park. People spoke about their concerns over the development and began to map out their campaign to stop the Croudace plans. Samantha Webb said at the opening of the meeting: "Opposition Church Fields is about the majority of people in Daventry and the surrounding area who are opposed to this development." The group already has more than 1,000 signatures on its petition and at the meeting discussed other ways to get its message across. Daventry Town councillor Sally Ryves said: "The district council has not done enough to distance itself from this or the Burnt Walls development. "We need to target representatives of Daventry who are on the WNDC." Caroline Matthews, from Weedon Parish Council and Daventry Villages Together, said: "I don't care if this is a done deal – I don't want to see these houses being built and think I didn't do anything to stop them." Bill Spencer said: "The one thing you all can do is show your faces at the council meetings. You have to get up there and you have to stand face-to-face with them – you can't just come to one meeting and walk away." People dug deep as they left the meeting to help fund the campaign and appeals were made for people to help in any way they can – by delivering information, writing letters or seeking advice. The group is planning a protest march to deliver their petition to district councillors.

Opposition Church Fields can be contacted by emailing opposechurch fields@tiscali.co.uk or by calling
07708 116388.

11 May 2006