Campaigners in Ovingdean speak out after plans to build more than 100 homes on Meadow Vale submitted

It is normally a place of peace and quiet.

But life at the edge of this village in Brighton could be about to become a lot busier after plans to build more than 100 homes on greenfield land in Ovingdean was submitted.

Developers Lightwood Investments claim the proposal for Meadow Vale would help ease the city’s chronic lack of housing.

But locals are not convinced, believing the scheme will add a strain on existing infrastructure, increase traffic and destroy the rural heritage of the area.

Latest TV’s Matt King reports.