Angry protestors have been urged to give councillors "hell" at a crucial planning meeting tomorrow.

A group of Canterbury demonstrators, who have even created their own campaign song, will go on the offensive as they bid to block plans to build a car park on water meadows.

Despite 780 objections, planning committee members are being encouraged by authority officers to rubber-stamp proposals to expand Wincheap Park and Ride by 228 spaces.

But campaigners are expected to come out in force tomorrow evening when songwriter Richard Navarro will play a revised cover of Bill Withers classic Lean on Me.

Sighting "damning levels of council ignorance" and the "destruction of habitats", the outraged group will be represented at the meeting by six public speakers.

The planned car park extension, which borders the Wincheap water meadows, has sparked immense backlash ever since it was devised.

But the city council, which stresses the Environment Agency has no qualms about the proposal, wants to push through the plan.

The extension of the park and ride facility is an integral part of the authority's transportation policies and links in with a planned new slip road off the A2.

Members of Save the Wincheap Water Meadows Facebook group have been planning their points of view to get across.

They will arrive at the Guildhall at 5.45pm when they will begin their protest.

Group member Guy Burger said: "Give them hell everyone. This cannot be allowed."

Richard Beck said: "This is shocking.

"Elsewhere in the UK, folks have realised that water meadows and trees are a means to prevent flooding and lock down carbon as well as being good for all aspects of human physical and mental health."

The crucial planning meeting will start at 6.30pm.

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