CAMPAIGNERS have won the first round of their battle to prevent 810,000 tonnes of sand and gravel being extracted from a green belt site in the New Forest.
Controversial plans to turn Downton Manor Farm in Milford on Sea into a giant gravel pit were rejected by one vote at a meeting of the county council's regulatory committee.
The decision to refuse the application, which had sparked more than 1,200 objections, was greeted with applause by villagers sitting in the public gallery.
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