The Conservative MP for Beaconsfield has vowed to ‘stand shoulder to shoulder with residents’ and fight an appeal of the rejected Marlow Film Studios project ‘at every step’.

Joy Morrissey was re-elected in July and has consistently spoken against the plans to build a multi-million-pound studio on greenbelt land near the A404 in Little Marlow since it was first proposed in 2022.

Months of tension between environmentally minded locals and starry-eyed developers came to a head in May when Buckinghamshire Council voted to refuse the project – citing its location on greenbelt land earmarked for preventing urban sprawl as a primary reason.

It has been speculated – including by Ms Morrisey herself – that the new Labour government’s relaxation of stringent deterrents against greenbelt development could see this decision being overturned by the planning inspectorate, however.

And such concerns have no doubt been fuelled by the intention announced by the team behind Marlow Film Studios yesterday (August 29) to appeal to the national planning body for a revival of the “economically beneficial” project – which they maintain would provide a £3.2 billion boost to the local economy within a decade.

Reacting to the appeal news, Ms Morrissey stated her intention to “stand shoulder to shoulder with residents” and “fight (the studio plans) at every step”, reiterating her belief that it is “the wrong development at the wrong location”.

The MP, who took up the position in 2019, added: “Once the greenbelt is gone, it is gone forever.

“The developer may have been emboldened by Labour’s intent to build on the greenbelt, but I will continue to stand firm in defence (of it) and the character of our towns and villages.”

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New chancellor Rachel Reeves spoke about overhauling planning rules to build more homes and critical infrastructure in the country within days of Labour’s general election victory last month.

Ms Reeves said that redesignation of greenbelt land in Buckinghamshire to a more developer-attractive ‘grey belt’ could be on the cards to help get Britain out of the financial “mess” left by 14 years under the Conservatives.

Speaking after becoming one of just a handful of Conservative MPs in Bucks to hold onto their seats in July, Ms Morrissey was quick to assert her position as a “loud voice in parliament” who would be comfortable taking Labour to task on environmental policies.

She credited her re-election to “trying to keep the promises” she made in her initial 2019 campaign – including “stopping development on the greenbelt”, a stance she said would be all the more important in Keir Starmer’s government, which she suggested would aim to “declassify everything”.