The proposed development would permanently change this part of Adlington.
The site includes Greenbelt and productive agricultural land belonging to two working farms. This is not just empty space. It is farmland that is being used to produce food today.
Once houses, roads and other infrastructure are built on it, that farmland is gone for good.
Food security also needs to be part of this conversation. With increasing global uncertainty and the risk of disruption to supply chains, we cannot assume we will always be able to rely on food being imported from elsewhere. It makes sense to protect the productive land we already have, rather than continually building on it.
The Greenbelt matters too. Once it is built on, it is much harder to stop further development spreading into the surrounding countryside. If we keep chipping away at it, eventually there will be very little left to protect.
This is about more than one development. It is about whether we are prepared to lose productive farmland, wildlife habitat, open countryside and the character of Adlington for good.
We should be looking at alternatives before building on land that cannot be replaced.
FOOD NOT CONCRETE.