A CROWBOROUGH campaigner is planning on giving the council a grilling over a development in the town, which she claims has made a group of "urban badgers" homeless.

Ann Haig McVitty, of Goldsmiths Avenue, will question Wealden District Council about the activity on a piece of land between Myrtle Road and Queens Road, which was sold to Reigate company Brookworth Developments in May.

In a submission to the council Mrs Haig McVitty said during the summer the black and white mammals have had their setts destroyed by builders and are now trying to burrow under a fence to get back to their habitat.

She adds: "This is a particularly significant example of the problems that arise when developers deliberately clear a site of all things that might prevent a successful planning application before submitting an actual application."

She then asks what the council will do to rectify the "terrible" situation so the animals can return to their homes, and what can be done to stop what has happened on the Myrtle Road site occurring on future developments.

Her question will be discussed at an all-member meeting on Wednesday.