闪现集会拯救林地免遭建房 Frazer Davey/ Viewpoint Investigative Services Limited 约300人参加闪现集会，拯救林地免遭住房开发 Rhiannon Yhnell Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley 英格兰西部 2026年10月31日 为抗议威胁林地的住房计划，活动人士通过组织闪现集会摆出心形，传递“团结”的信息。
Flash mob assembled to save woodland from homes Frazer Davey/ Viewpoint Investigative Services Limited Around 300 people took part in a flash mob to save the woodland from a housing development Rhiannon Yhnell Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley West of England 31 October 2026 Campaigners have sent a message of "unity" against housing plans threatening woodland by staging a flash mob forming the shape of a heart.
北萨默塞特议会计划在波蒂斯黑德和韦斯廷戈尔迪诺附近的塔沃农场和黑岩建设数百套住房，直抵韦斯廷大林地边缘。
North Somerset Council plans to build hundreds of homes in Tower Farm and Black Rock near Portishead and Weston-in-Gordano, right up to the edge of Weston Big Wood.
周三，一份拥有11,153个签名的请愿书被亲手送至10号唐宁街，周六，超过300名居民聚集参加闪现集会。
More than 300 residents gathered for the flash mob on Saturday, after a petition with 11,153 signatures was hand-delivered to 10 Downing Street on Wednesday.
议会表示，这两处拟建住房用地是提交的地方计划的一部分，该计划正“接受独立审查”，但议会“认识到社区内强烈的情绪”。
The council said the two sites marked for housing form part of a submitted Local Plan, which is "undergoing independent examination", but that it "recognises the strength of feeling within the community".
拯救韦斯廷大林地运动 韦斯廷大林地是一片古老的林地，周围是公众使用的绿地 韦斯廷大林地是一片古老的林地，也是特殊科学价值地（SSSI）。
Save Weston Big Wood campaign Weston Big Wood is an ancient woodland surrounded by green space used by the public Weston Big Wood is an ancient woodland and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
居民安·辛格表示，她理解住房的需求，但觉得“有更好的地方”可以建设。
Resident Ann Singer said she understands there is a need for housing, but feels "there are better places" to build.
“如果我们不保护那些无法自我保护的地方，那么它们就会消失，”她说。
"If we don't protect the places that can't protect themselves, then they will disappear," she said.
“我们不仅会失去美丽的空间，还会失去它们对土地和空气所做的一切——对一切的一切。”安·辛格周六与其他居民一起参加了闪现集会。埃文野生动物信托的斯图尔特·麦卡锡表示，“底线已经划定”。
"Not only will we lose beautiful spaces, we'll lose what they do for the ground and for the air - for everything." Ann Singer took part in the flash mob with other residents on Saturday Stuart McCarthy from the Avon Wildlife Trust said "the line has been drawn".
“这是绿带，是在20世纪80年代划定的。我们需要将这片区域保留为林地的缓冲地带，”他说。“你无法为不可替代的栖息地进行补偿——这是古老的林地。”“根深蒂固的观点”北萨默塞特议会的一名发言人表示，对韦斯顿大林及周边地区的潜在影响已予以考虑，并将采取“适当的缓解措施”。
"This is green belt - it was designated in the 1980s. We need this area to be kept as a buffer for the woodland," he said. "You can't mitigate for an irreplaceable habitat - it's ancient woodland." 'Strongly held views' A spokesperson for North Somerset Council said potential impacts on Weston Big Wood and surrounding areas have been considered "with appropriate mitigation".
“北萨默塞特议会认识到，对于拟议的开发用地，存在着根深蒂固的观点，”他们说。
"North Somerset Council recognises that there are strongly held views regarding the proposed development sites," they said.
“我们还收到了规划申请26/P/1618/OUT，拟在塔农场用地建造400套住宅，我们已邀请当地居民和其他组织告知我们他们的看法。
"We have also received planning application 26/P/1618/OUT proposing 400 homes to be built on the Tower Farm site, and we have invited local residents and other organisations to let us know what they think.
“我们认识到社区内情绪强烈，并尊重居民和运动团体表达观点的权利。”议会表示，地方规划的下一阶段将很快公布。
"We recognise the strength of feeling within the community and respect the right of residents and campaign groups to express their views." The council said the next stages of the Local Plan would be made available soon.