Pets will be putting pressure on councillors when they hand over a petition objecting to a proposal to build a park-and-ride on the site of an animal rescue centre.
The petition containing more than 5,000 signatures will be presented to a meeting of Brighton and Hove City Council this afternoon.
The petition was launched by staff and supporters of the RSPCA at Braypool Lane, Patcham, Brighton, which could be forced to close if a proposed park-and-ride site is built in Patcham.
The proposal is to create a park- and-ride site for 900 cars at Patcham Court Farm or Braypool playing field.
The Patcham Court Farm site is occupied by six homes, 35 allotments and derelict farm buildings and the Braypool playing field site is adjacent to the RSPCA shelter.
The proposal for a site in Patcham is being fought by residents throughout Patcham and supporters of the RSPCA, including Pop Idol's Mr Nasty Simon Cowell, whose mother Julie, 80, from Ovingdean, supports the centre.
An opposition group was also formed by Patcham residents to fight the plan, called Patcham Against Insensitive and Destructive Development.
The petition, which will be handed in at the full council meeting at 4.30pm, contains 5,300 names and is one of the largest in recent times to be handed to the authority.
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