A campaign group has been set up to fight against plans to build a major new housing development on Green Belt land near the A6.
'The Friends of Lapwing Fields' has been created to protest against proposals for 250 new houses on land close to the A6 Slyne Road.
Lesley Bryan, from the group, said they want the fields to be retained to be enjoyed by future generations.
Earlier this year, a screening opinion request went in to Lancaster City Council for the development.
A screening opinion request usually goes in before a planning application, so the council can decide if an Environmental Impact Assessment is needed. The council has said this assessment won't be required.
Residents recently received letters, sent on behalf of Wrenman Strategic Land, asking for their views on the development. A public consultation is running until May 16.
The letter says the developer hopes to submit a planning application in the summer.
Lesley Bryan, of the Friends of Lapwing Fields, said: "Happily, a huge public response last time the fields were threatened in this way, saved them and thereby thankfully saved the villages they separate too.
"The fields have performed their vital role of preventing urban sprawl for decades. Heading northwards from Lancaster they give a very strong sense of a more rural natural area with long uninterrupted views across to the Lakeland hills.
"It is a beautiful site and so developers are hungry to build here in preference to other more appropriate available areas.
"The fields have enabled the two ancient villages they border to continue to function as vibrant and proud separate communities. The communities and their green breathing space need to remain for future generations to enjoy.
"We love our area so much that we have formed a community group ‘The Friends of Lapwing Fields Green Space, Slyne with Hest and Bolton le Sands’.
"We wish to promote the many assets of our local Green Belt land and seek to retain it for the benefit of local communities and future generations.
"We have placed petitions in local shops and on our website as the start of our drive to engage our communities in this very important point in their history.
"Housing does need to be provided in our District. However, when other more appropriate sites exist that if developed, would be less negatively impactful environmentally, socially and historically, our tiny amount of vital Green Belt should not be permitted to be targeted in preference."
A spokesperson for Wrenman Strategic Land said they had no comment at this stage.
The 11.5 hectare site is bounded by the A6 Slyne Road to the east, homes at Greenwood Drive, Greenwood Crescent, Ashworth Drive and Pinewood Avenue to the north, further houses at Hatlex Hill and Bryn Grove to the west, and agricultural land to the south.
The land is identified in Lancaster City Council's Local Plan - which informs planning policy for the Lancaster and Morecambe District.
It is designated as being in "the North Lancashire Green Belt (Policy EN4) and Open Countryside (Policy EN3)".
The council is facing a major shortage of new housing in the District.
"There is a shortfall on the five-year housing supply needed to meet the housing requirement established by the adopted Local Plan." said a Lancaster City Council spokesperson.
"The total current five-year housing requirement figure is 4,372 new homes, however, the housing supply that the council can demonstrate over the next five years is presently 1,728 homes.
"The council can therefore demonstrate the equivalent of two years of housing supply.
"This Housing Land Supply position is updated and published at least once a year; an update is likely to be published in the summer."
* A banner on the A6, advertising the petition against the development, was stolen overnight on Wednesday/Thursday. The Friends of Lapwing Fields said they had permission to display the banner, and its theft has been reported to the police.
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