VILLAGERS face a barrage of heavy lorries passing their homes after the go-ahead was given for nearby large-scale sand extraction.
Up to 150 HGVs will trundle through Bletchingley, Godstone and part of Nutfield daily after Surrey County Council granted planning permission last month.
The proposal calls for extraction for up to 21 years from the Mercers South site, between Nutfield Marsh Road and the M23 on the Nutfield/Merstham border.
A half-mile haul road will be built between these two highways to carry lorries out onto the eastern fringe of Nutfield – but it means Bletchingley and Godstone will still bear the brunt of the heavy traffic.
Bletchingley Parish Council plan to thrash out the issue at its meeting on Tuesday to determine its next move.
The council had previously warned that HGV movements will increase air pollution, vibration and noise.
Godstone county councillor Helena Windsor pointed out that in the past, quarry operators in Godstone had built a haul road there to stop nearby villagers being subjected to lorries on their doorsteps. But she added: "The majority of lorries will still thunder through Bletchingley and Godstone."
Keith Bouracier, who lives in Nutfield Marsh Road, is a member of Traffic Action Group-A25, the pressure group campaigning to ease pressures on the major road.
He said: "It will mean a lot more heavy lorries on an already busy road.
"It's very difficult to see how residents there can be protected from the effects of all these lorry movements."
But Trevor Pugh, the council's strategic director of environment and infrastructure, said: "The proposed development can be carried out without imposing significant adverse impacts on the environment or local community.
"The need for the mineral clearly outweighs any temporary impacts of the development, and the scheme meets the policy requirement for mineral extraction in the green belt."
The applicants behind the scheme are J and J Franks, based at Betchworth Quarry.
It has agreed to build a 3.5 metre-high earth bund along the haul road to try and screen nearby residents from the effects of the extraction lorries.
