A councillor has slammed plans to build 200 new homes on farmland between Holbury and Blackfield, and joined well over 100 other people in objection.

As many as 200 homes could be built across 60 acres on Lynwood Farm, which is part of the "green lung" between the two New Forest villages.

Wates Developments is proposing to build up to 200 homes, of which 70-35 per cent would be affordable.

But the plans received a ferocious backlash from local people, including independent Councillor Peter Armstrong, who joined the rest of Fawley Parish Council in protesting the plans.

READ MORE: Objections to 200 homes between Blackfield and Holbury

"I'm the same as hundreds of other people," the district councillor for Hardley, Holbury & North Blackfield said.

"The developers have not really had any consultation with local people, and that’s caused a lot of people to come up in arms.

"The New Forest National Park has said they’re against it and it’s very unusual to get their objection. There isn't a single person who wanted to see it."

Cllr Armstrong said the plans have caused "a lot of upset locally" because a national developer has "come in and just wanted to do its own thing".

He said the farmland was supposed to be a "strategic gap" to separate the two villages.

"The fact that hundreds of people have come out and objected to this just shows how much it’s upset the community," he said.

READ MORE: Holbury residents object to Lynwood Farm plans for 200 homes

Cllr Armstrong joins well over 100 other residents who have said they do not back the planning application.

Dozens of people living in Holbury also gathered at Bethany Gospell Hall, which overlooks Lynwood Farm, in March to hand-sign letters of objection.

Mr J M Pointer, who said he has been a resident of the area for more than 50 years, called the development "unacceptable" and said it could have a "disastrous effect" on the neighbouring New Forest National Park.

Dr Alyson Pendlebury argued that she believes the proposed development would "exacerbate existing problems in the area" such as traffic volumes.

Dr Pendlebury also feared that an increased pressure would be put on the local infrastructure, such as GP services, which is already under "heavy demand".