A SOCIALLY distanced protest will be held this weekend to oppose plans to sell off a publicly owned to make way for 110 homes.

On Saturday (July 18) residents will be peacefully protesting in a field next to Lakeside with pots, pans and placards to they will not give up their fight to stop the land from being sold.

The protest is being held just days before Sedgemoor District Council's Executive committee will reconsider the plans.

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Joy Russell, a resident who has helped to organise the protest, said: "Our aim is to prove to Sedgemoor District Council how strongly our community still feels about them selling what was originally intended to be our green lung and open space for the people of Highbridge to enjoy.

"We hope to raise the profile of our objections and remind them how heartily sick we all are of the over development and lack of investment in our services and infrastructure here in Highbridge.

"Equally important is losing a green space that years ago should have been given care and attention with nearly £400,000 of S106 money given to the council from the Caxton development next to Asda.

"This money was intended to be used to improve the access to the field, inform the public it was available and to maintain the field for the benefit of our community and the wildlife."

A meeting will be held on July 22 via Skype for Business to deal with the Corporate Scrutiny Committee's six points.

The reasons provided for the call-in are:

- The decision to sell this land acquired for Public Open Space and the failure to bring forward any such use over 20 years.

- The decision to sell green space in the Highbridge area which is deficient in this locality.

- The threat to the biodiversity of this site during a climate change crisis.

- The allocation of the S106 monies towards this site being transferred to the developer.

-The desirability of keeping open space for the health and wellbeing of local residents.

- Was sufficient weight given to the public consultation in making this decision?