The campaign position is straightforward. Green Belt land should not be released for speculative development simply because it is commercially attractive to a developer.
Residents are arguing that once countryside on the edge of Ongar is lost, it is lost for good. The effect is not limited to one field. It changes the town's boundary, its landscape character, and the expectation of where building can go next.
OCRRAG is also calling for brownfield and grey land to be prioritised first, so development pressure does not default to open countryside and farmland.