Calf will not be moo-ved by new estate proposal at Great Glen

A calf wearing a placard saying 'Save My Mummy's Fields' was the four-legged mascot of protestors against a big new estate at Great Glen.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Feb 2016, 13:46 BST
Updated 25th Feb 2016, 13:49 BST
Making a point...Samantha, Julie, Bruce and Abbi Peberdy protesting with a calf outside Great Glen methodist church during a consultancy of developers to the public. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTERMaking a point...Samantha, Julie, Bruce and Abbi Peberdy protesting with a calf outside Great Glen methodist church during a consultancy of developers to the public. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER
Making a point...Samantha, Julie, Bruce and Abbi Peberdy protesting with a calf outside Great Glen methodist church during a consultancy of developers to the public. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Astill Planning Consultants want to build around 170 homes on land off Stretton Road, to the north of the village.

But villagers including local farmer Bruce Peberdy - and his calf - are objecting to the scheme.

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“There is so, so much of the countryside being built on,” said Mr Peberdy, of Stackley farm, Great Glen. “And we’re not nearly self-sufficient on food in this country.

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“Some of these developers ought to look at the damage they’re doing to the countryside.”

The development would cover about a quarter of Mr Peberdy’s farmland.

Most other villagers support Mr Peberdy. Of the 122 questioned after a village consultation on the estate proposal last week, 118 said they were against it.

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Lesley Sanderson, clerk of Great Glen Parish Council, said the parish council was also firmly opposed.

“We think it’s inappropriate, too large and in the wrong location” she said.

Ryan Astill, director of Astill Planning Consultants, said the company would assess local views before submitting a planning application to Harborough District Council.