More than 100 residents and school children could descend on a county council meeting to decide whether to build a quarry in Hamble.
The Hamble Peninsular Residents Group says car shares, coaches and a 100-seater bus are being organised as the group prepares to protest the Hamble Airfield plans.
A decision is set to be made on the controversial planning application by Cemex on May 15 at Hampshire County Council's (HCC) Winchester HQ.
But despite a recommendation already to refuse the plans, residents are not letting up and plan to attend in the morning to voice their concerns.
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A spokesperson for the residents group said: "Despite this recommendation for refusal, many people in Hamble have committed to show support in Winchester.
"Everybody wants to make their feelings known to the county councillors who are making this decision, as they arrive at the HCC offices first thing in the morning.
"Hamble village is not a suitable location for a quarry. It might be in the Mineral and Waste Plan as a potential location, but there has never been a quarry placed in the centre of a village like this before.
"Hamble Peninsular Residents Group and Hamble Parish Council are working extremely hard to make sure that the reasons for refusal are strongly supported and evidenced as well as making sure that all the other concerns are presented in a compelling way."
The application raised more than 2,000 objections from residents, schools and doctors.
The report to the committee said the plans were acceptable from a landscape, ecological, archaeological and visual impact perspective.
But it added that the perceived potential highway impact was one of the main areas of local concern and “does not encourage walking, cycling and the use of public transport".
It also highlighted concerns over the likely risk of “unacceptable flooding impact”.
The meeting is due to be broadcast online.
Cemex previously said materials from the quarry would, among other things, help build new homes, schools and hospitals in the local area.
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