Protect Our Woodland

Protect Our Woodland has been fighting plans to widen and straighten an ancient lane, part of a droveway dating back thousands of years.

The road would serve as access to a £3 billion housing development and Tesco shopping complex planned for a 140 acre Green Field site near Worthing in West Sussex. If approved, one of the last remaining ancient woodlands in the South of England will also be seriously affected.

Having lost faith in the planning process the group has set up a treetop protest camp, and despite a High Court order to quit we are still there one year on.

We meet monthly on Thursdays from 8pm in Worthing.

Latest News :

January 2008: For a second Christmas, ancient Titnore Lane and its woods have been protected from the developers' chainsaws by a group of well-dug-in, fearless ecowarriors... despite all that the elements can throw at them!

Support for the campaign has come from far and near - people even came to the camp on Christmas Day to bring goodies. The developers seem worried - why else would they have delayed for so long activating the High Court judgement for eviction that they obtained in July 2006?

The groups listed in the 'Local campaigning' section have supplied text about themselves. Campaign for Better Transport cannot take responsibility for the accuracy of this text, and does not necessarily share the views expressed.

back to list

Campaign for Better Transport Limited is a company limited by guarantee (1512347).
Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust is a charity (1101929) and a company limited by guarantee (4943428)