Locals in the picturesque village of Rodmersham, Kent, are outraged by plans for a massive 8,400-home housing estate and a solar farm spanning 106 football pitches. Despite 700 objections from residents and parish councils, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has intervened, giving her the final say on the controversial development.
Is YOUR home at risk? NIMBY S in an idyllic English village have vented their fury at plans to surround them with a huge housing estate and a large solar panel farm. Rodmersham, near Sittingbourne in Kent, has a population of just 555 people but faces being swallowed up by an 8,400-home estate and a solar panel farm the size of 106 football pitches. After the plans were revealed, locals and every neighbouring parish council submitted 700 letters of objection.
Yet although the local council said it was about to refuse the plans, Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Minister Angela Rayner called them in - effectively meaning she will have the final say on whether it goes ahead. Locals slammed her decision and said they would up sticks if the massive development goes ahead. Plumber Mark Elliot, 56, lives in Rodmersham but said he would leave the village if the homes were built. He said: 'It would just be sheer hell. It's an invasion of the English countryside. I would leave and so would many other people. It makes absolutely no sense. 'I know we need extra houses but let's look at why we need them for a start and then sort that problem out. Not just keep building and building. We won't have any green space left. Angela Hutchings, 69, (pictured) who has lived in Rodmersham her entire life, said the housing plans were a 'disgrace' and a 'joke' Married couple Nicholas, 70, and Vicky Mayatt, 73, (pictured) also oppose the plans At the moment Rodmersham in Kent is a tiny village of around 500 people but could turn into a huge town 'Angela Rayner seems hellbent on turning Britain into a giant housing estate. It's madness. The sooner Labour go the better.' Last month, Rayner vowed to 'streamline' planning rules for new homes in order to thwart local councils and other 'Not In My Back Yard' (NIMBY) protests from locals. Voltalia UK said its plan for a huge solar farm the size of 106 football pitches would power up to 14,500 home
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