![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/were-furious-at-council-over-plans-for-1000-homes-next-to-us/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20358095-1667908754211.jpg&description=RESIDENTS are furious at council plans to build 1,000 homes on their doorstep in a development the size of 63 football pitches. The properties are set to go up on protected countryside in Dorset, angering locals who supported a multi-million pound scheme to remove unsightly electricity pylons nearby to preserve the landscape. The site where the new housing development will be built in Brisport, DorsetCredit: BNPS Campaigners Phil and Barry say they are 'disgusted' by the council's 'hypocrisy'Credit: BNPS The pylon near Corton Farm after it was pulled downCredit: BNPS The electricity pylons were pulled down in a world-first project to return the British countryside to its natural stateCredit: BNPS Local residents say Dorset Council's decision to allow the newbuilds "makes a mockery" of their supposed commitment to the climate crisis. The country's first pylon felling project at Winterbourne Abbas, near Dorchester, was a huge success. Residents believe it has dramatically improved that Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which once inspired Wessex author Thomas Hardy. However, they say all of that progress will be reversed when the mammoth housing development on farm land near Bridport is built. The Campaign to Protect Rural England's spokesperson for West Dorset, Guy Dickinson, expressed his disappointment at the apparent double standards by the local authority. He said: "We at CPRE strongly opposed Dorset Council's plan to build 760 houses in the AONB at Vearse Farm, Bridport. "To give an area AONB status is to give it the highest level of protection - something that Dorset Council ignores. "The double standards of the council saying they are climate conscious and then allowing so many homes to be built on protected land is terrible. "Felling the pylons in one area was a step in the right direction and this development is two steps back." The locals formed an opposition group to fight the plans called Advearse. Barry Bates, chairman of Advearse, said: "We are){kind=link}
RESIDENTS are furious at council plans to build 1,000 homes on their doorstep in a development the size of 63 football pitches.
The properties are set to go up on protected countryside in Dorset, angering locals who supported a multi-million pound scheme to remove unsightly electricity pylons nearby to preserve the landscape.
Local residents say Dorset Council’s decision to allow the newbuilds “makes a mockery” of their supposed commitment to the climate crisis.
The country’s first pylon felling project at Winterbourne Abbas, near Dorchester, was a huge success.
Residents believe it has dramatically improved that Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which once inspired Wessex author Thomas Hardy.