Campaigners fighting to stop developers building on village land, took their battle to the streets of Nantwich.
Members of Hands off Wistaston (HOW) held a street stall in the town square to highlight their fight to save Crewe and Nantwich “Green Gaps”.
And they were joined on the street by Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson and Leader of Cheshire East Council Michael Jones.
HOW wants to protect the gaps which separate villages and towns in the face of growing pressure from housing developers.
They say it’s vital that “Green Gaps” which were protected under the Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan are retained while the emerging Cheshire East Local Plan is finalised.
HOW representative Peter Carton said: “We really struck a chord with shoppers and visitors to Nantwich.
“They were queuing up to sign our petition to ‘Save the Green Gaps’, it was brilliant.”
Wistaston Ward councillors Margaret Simon and Jacquie Weatherill also took part to gather more signatures.
Wistaston Parish Councillor Derrick Millington added: “It was great having the support of our local representatives and also seeing just how many members of the public agree with us.
“Our Green Gaps must stay and not be impinged on by developers.”
Cllr Simon said: “The retention of the Green Gaps has always been of great importance to residents of Crewe and Nantwich.
“Due the great interest from developers to build on them local people are really needed now to register their strength of feeling about them in any way that they can.
“Just by signing petitions to hand in to Cheshire East and taking part in consultations on planning applications for large numbers of houses on land in Green Gaps they would be doing their bit.”
The ‘Save the Green Gaps’ petition run by Hands off Wistaston has 2000 signatures on it.
It will be formally handed over to the Council Leader, Michael Jones who will use it to further his argument that these current planning applications on Green Gap land are unplanned, unwanted and unsustainable.
(Pic: Edward Timpson MP and Leader of Cheshire East Council Michael Jones with Wistaston residents in Nantwich)
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