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Locals from Abbots Leigh, who are on the other side of the Clifton suspension bridge from the West Country town's city, are up in protest over a developer's proposal to build hundreds of plots, as well as an 80-capacity parking garage outside Leigh Woods. Roots Allotments aims to distinguish the field from the rest of planning permission and has increasingly used a certificate of lawfulness to get the works approved rather than planning permission, which gives North Somerset Council less autonomy over the proposals. Workers appeared on the property today accompanied by private security guards (bottom right) to install fences around what could be the site of the community garden's front yard, followed by angry citizens (main), who blocked roads to prevent them from entering or exiting the site, as well as the police (top right).