Residents ready to defend Poole heathland from homes plan
Residents are fighting back against a proposed major development which they claim will have a devastating effect on surrounding heathland in Poole.
The application, which was first mooted around a decade ago, could see 450 student units and 378 new homes built on land south of Wallisdown Road which is currently fields and farm land.
The site, owned by the Talbot Village Trust, falls within the Natural England 400-metre protection zone designed to protect heathland against the effects of urbanization …