VILLAGERS are being urged to support a campaign against large-scale developments on green belt land.
The Brockham Housing group wants residents to print off posters and stick them up around the village to show their opposition.
The posters, available on the group's website, feature the slogan "Save Brockham's green belt from the developers" over the words "Today you see it… Tomorrow it's gone… FOREVER" and "From cornfield…to concrete. All in the blink of an eye."
Nutwood Avenue resident Roger Abbott said: "This is our green belt and we really must protect it.
"There is a strong sense in the village that it is time to do something. We want to demonstrate that the people of Brockham are not scared.
"We are under attack from developers who can muster powerful forces, but we have proved that the village can stand up to them.
"There are two sites in Brockham that have been the subject of major planning applications and so far, these have been turned down. But the developers are not going away."
Paul Hunt Developments submitted a third plan to build 34 houses at Kiln Lane to Mole Valley District Council last month. The developer has already had two bids to build homes on the site refused, but the new plan would use about half of the five-acre piece of land.
Meanwhile developer Charles Church's plan to build 30 new homes at Tanners Meadow in Strood Green was rejected by the district council in April.
"We know of at least two other sites in the village where plans have been drawn up for significant numbers of houses," Mr Abbott continued. "The damage to our environment will be irreparable and we must remember that a considerable part of our local economy is dependent upon visitors who come to enjoy the countryside and the outstanding natural beauty.
"I was on the Village Green on Sunday and there were huge numbers of people enjoying the green or sitting in the pubs there enjoying some lunch and a couple of pints.
"Those pubs bring people in and they employ local people too. Without the views, these people simply will not come in any more.
"We would like to see much smaller developments in small groups dotted around the village and we think it can be done without encroaching too much on to the green belt."
Peter Shakeshaft from the Brockham Village Society added: "These proposed developments are significant in size to alter our village life and certainly not suitable generally in the green belt.
"We need much smaller developments of up to 6 or 7 small houses that will blend into our rural environment.
"Some of these should be reserved for long-term members of our community who would otherwise be forced to move away."
The posters can downloaded from www.brockhamhousing. co.uk
