Hucknall MP Mark Spencer wears pin to show support for residents' campaign to save greenbelt land

Anybody watching Prime Minister's Questions very closely today (Wednesday 20 October) may have noticed Hucknall's MP Mark Spencer wearing a yellow pin on his jacket.

The pin was in the shape of a yellow ribbon and is being used by Hucknall campaigners who are opposing the District Council's Local Plan.

The pins were distributed at the Public Meeting at The John Godber Centre on Saturday (16 October).

The meeting was attended by 200 Hucknall residents to show their opposition to the controversial Local Plan which includes proposals to build 3000 houses on Whyburn Farm which is greenbelt land.

Mr Spencer, who as well as representing the constituency of Sherwood, is the Government Chief Whip, attended the meeting to show his support to residents and took a pin promising to wear it in the House of Commons.

He was true to his word and could be seen wearing it on his jacket throughout Prime Minister's Questions today.

The yellow ribbon is the symbol being used to represent the campaign because one of the residents tied ribbons to all of the lampposts on Whyburn Lane as a means of highlighting the proposed plan posters which had been put up by Ashfield District Council.

It has now become synonymous with the cause which has seen a Facebook group launched and an e-petition started up, both of which have become popular in a very short space of time.

There has been some progress as the District Council announced today that they would be pausing the Plan after the first public consultation has finished in November.

Anyone wishing to sign the e-petition opposing the Plan can do so here.