HUNDREDS of campaigners e turned out in force to protest against a major Hampshire energy plant development.
More than 200 people were outside Marchwood Village Hall this afternoon protesting against plans for an anaerobic digestion plant between Marchwood and Eling.
Carrying placards with slogans like 'Marchwood says no', 'we say no to Cork's farm development' and 'enough is enough', residents also chanted "Marchwood says no" to a series of questions given on a tannoy.
Barker-Mills has angered locals with its plans to redevelop land at Cork's Farm and they have formed the Marchwood Against Anaerobic Digestion (MAAD) in response.
The plans have been on show at the village hall for the last two days.
In tandem with the two day exhibition campaigners against the proposal have had a petition going outside the village hall which has already attracted around 800 signatures.
Residents at the protest raised concerns about additional traffic on already congested roads, the smell and safety of the gases it would produce and that Marchwood was already overloaded with industrial facilities in the area like the sewage works and power station.
Elain Chivers, 63, who has lived in Marchwood for 40 years, said: "It does concern me.
"Marchwood has always been used as a dumping ground and it's about time it stopped."
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