RESIDENTS spoke out against plans to build 1,200 homes on green belt land in Edwalton at a public inquiry today.

Councillors, campaigners and neighbours told Inspector John Gray they had concerns including traffic, air quality, drainage, wildlife and loss of green belt at the Sharphill site.

Guy Roberts, a West Bridgford resident and member of Friends of Sharphill, said: "I am grateful for the greenbelt in the way it has existed in the past.

"It is disciplined society that has had an interest to avoid short term gain for long term cost.

"I am just afraid people seem more and more ready to scrap green belt and there will be long term costs."

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