A campaign to saveleafy Mill Hill lane from being turned into a major road has led to more than 100 residents joining forces to object to Barnet Council plans.

Last week residents united under the Save Sanders Lane (SSL) banner to fight the council's proposals to turn the road into a two-lane highway.

Jackie Norwood, who lives in the neighbouring Lidbury Estate, said the campaign has rapidly been gathering support.

"We're getting lots of emails and phone calls, but not as many as we'd like," she added. "We need everybody's help and every single person is important."

The proposals form part of the Mill Hill East Area Action Plan (MHEAAP), which details plans for a major development on the site of the Inglis Barracks, and which is currently the subject of a public consultation.

But residents believe they were misled over the inclusion of Sanders Lane as an access road to the site, a concern outlined in a report released today by Lidbury Estate resident John Ware.

The report, entitled Step by Stealthy Step, outlines fears that the council's ultimate intention is to connect the Inglis Barracks development to the A1.

The report states: "It won't end with Sanders Lane, because the logical extension of concreting Sanders Lane is to continue along Ashley Walk to the A1, leaving a 1.5 mile concrete scar in place of two of Mill Hill's few remaining rural idylls."

Residents have one week left to comment on the MHEAAP to a Government planning inspector by logging on to barnet.gov.uk/ mill-hill-east-area-action-plan To read Step by Stealthy Step in full, go to sanders-lane.co.uk A council spokesman said there was no intention to link a highway in Sanders Lane to Ashley Walk and that the maps in the exhibition had identified "potential highway improvements" in the area.

He also reiterated the council position that the fate of Sanders Lane has not been decided and that any future decision will be subject to public scrutiny.