RESIDENTS in Jericho, Oxford, are meeting tonight to discuss new plans to build flats in the area.
Spring Residential has applied for planning permission to build 54 flats on a narrow strip of land next to St Barnabas church.
Jenny Mann, secretary of the Jericho Community Association, said the three- and four- storey blocks would "crowd in" on both sides of the church - and obliterate most views of it from the towpath.
She added: "This is currently a towpath walk of great character and historic interest, enjoyed by local people and visitors to Oxford alike, and the canalside here is the setting for the famous "Gyptian" episodes in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
"It's horrifying. We cannot let this happen."
The meeting starts at 7.30pm, at St Barnabas Church, where plans will be on display.
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