Our community action group wants to challenge East Suffolk Council's intention to develop greenbelt agricultural land within the Kirton and Trimley Parishes, The land is owned by Trinity College, Cambridge who are showing no concern for the damage they will be inflicting on the environment or our local community. Whilst the Council's goal of assisting local industry and creating employment opportunities is to be applauded, no credible evidence suggests this goal can possibly be achieved and 200 football pitches of prime agricultural land, (plus priceless habitats) could be sacrificed in order to line the pockets of an eco-vandal. 

Similarly, our local housing quota has been exceeded already, there is no reason to sacrifice quality farmland for this purpose either. There is a need for affordable housing locally, but the dwellings proposed are not of the right type, the plans are not sustainable, they do not make use of brownfield sites nor do they care for our local environment. 

The UK has recently declared a national 'climate emergency'. We consider our community, our farmland and our local wildlife are but one small part of that very same emergency.

Trinity College are one of the wealthiest of all the Cambridge colleges with assets of 1.34 billion declared. They are 42 times wealthier than some of the other colleges in Cambridge. Their motto is "Virtue is the true nobility" yet in their quest for even more riches they seem unwilling to  apply that motto towards local communities.

This is a self-funded campaign we believe we can win, given the right level of help and support. Accordingly, we are raising money to pay for a barrister, to help us to challenge Trinity College. Neither they, nor the Council seem prepared to consider the loss of two precious Domesday Book villages.

We currently have funds of £8,500 towards our campaign. We need to collectively raise another £21,500, totalling £30,000 by the end of August. Please help us and support our cause.