A protest against the Benfield Valley housing development will take place outside Hove Town Hall tomorrow.

Campaigners will gather outside the hall during the council meeting at 3.30pm to fight against the development in Hangleton.

The building of 100 dwellings on the site is to be approved in part two of the council’s city plan.

Helen Forester, chair of the Benfield Valley Project, said: “We will keep going until the diggers come.

“We know that getting Benfield out of the plan is now nigh on impossible, so we are showing that the valley should never have been on the table.”

Last weekend, almost 200 protestors gathered in Greenleas, Hangleton to try to save the greenspace.

According to the Benfield Valley Project, the Benfield Valley is the biggest urban woodland in Brighton and Hove and acts as a “green lung”, improving air quality from surrounding busy roads.

Ms Forester said: “It is just tragic that we could lose a space which is so vital for city’s wildlife.

“My kids love spending time there, and it is so important for future generations of Brighton and Hove residents.

Almost 5000 people have signed the Benfield Valley Project petition which hopes to safeguard the space.

The Argus: Hedgehogs are among the endangered species found at the Benfield ValleyHedgehogs are among the endangered species found at the Benfield Valley (Image: Sylvia Duckworth)

The Benfield Valley is home to a number of endangered species, including badgers, hedgehogs and adders.

The council said: “The overarching vision for the Benfield Valley development is to retain and enhance all habitats of ecological importance on site.

“The ecologically friendly design would focus on maintaining ecological permeability to avoid isolating any existing features and to increase connectivity to habitats north of the A27.”