Campaigners from Keep Chiswell Green will hold two public meetings as they look to fund a legal challenge against plans to build 721 new homes on Green Belt land.

The meetings will take place at Greenwood Park Community Centre at 2pm on Sunday, May 12, and at 8pm on Thursday, May 16.

Secretary of State, Michael Gove, has already given the go-ahead for the dwellings to be constructed, leading Keep Chiswell Green to seek legal advice and submit a claim for a judicial review.

The plans were refused by St Albans City & District Council in 2022, however inspector Michael Boniface and housing minister Felicity Buchan later agreed housebuilders should press ahead with two schemes on either side of Chiswell Green Lane.

The campaign group's Shirani St Ledger McCarthy said: "This is a devastating decision for the residents of Chiswell Green.

"Once one development is given the green light, other developers jump on the bandwagon, and Chiswell Green is now at risk of a further 675 new houses, in addition to these 721.   Together that's more houses than there currently are in the village.

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"We want residents to think hard about what Chiswell Green and its Green Belt means to them, and to join our fight to reverse this decision and its implications once and for all."

Homeowner Karen Watson said: 'It really feels as though we are under siege from developers in Chiswell Green.

"Soon there will be no Green Belt left for future generations to enjoy."

Further information about the campaign group can be found at www.keepchiswellgreen.org