A campaign to persuade the Government to change its mind about making the South Downs a national park was launched today.
A deputation of councillors and MPs was
seeing a junior minister at the Department of the Environment to voice their fears.
The meeting with Chris Mullins was arranged after his boss, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, announced during the Labour Party
Conference that the South Downs would be made a national park.
Critics say a national park will mean key
planning decisions will be made by an unelected quango.
The deputation was led by Howard Flight, MP for Arundel and South Downs, and Chichester MP Andrew Tyrie, whose constituency contains
half the downland area of outstanding natural beauty.
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