Woman accused of being selfish for wanting to protect the Green Belt

One of my neighbours has just emailed me to say she has had a phone conversation with a member of the Planning Committee about the planning application for a new GP surgery.

She says that he accused her of "being selfish" by objecting to the proposals.

He also said that the car park will probably be extended in the future. So does that mean that eventually they'll end up tarmacing over all or most of the rest of the field?

And finally he told my neighbour that she should be pleased that the surgery is going to be built and the fact that it will overshadow her house is not a reason to object.

If this is true, then it's quite worrying.