A TERMINALLY ill woman is forced to spend some of her final days staring out of the window at a massive mound of dirt.

A planning application for levelling a field at Ranelagh Farm in Winkfield has caused horror among residents who have said their livelihoods have been damaged.

Residents at Cranbourne Hall Park on the boundary of the farm have to endure a large embankment of dirt in the views from their windows in what was once a beautiful field.

John Thompson told The News that his sick wife can no longer enjoy the beautiful view from her home that she once did.

He said: “My wife, Doreen has terminal cancer and before this she could sit and enjoy the view with a clear head and the deer would stroll past and it was just beautiful.

“However, since the work started at the farm, all we can see is a mountain of dirt and it really just is not fair on anyone in the area.

“We all objected to this because it was always going to affect our lives, but we were just ignored.”

The specifics of the application state that there was always going to be a pile of rubble built at the edge of the farm.

However, residents have argued that the height of the mound far exceeds what was agreed.

It reads: “The great majority of the existing field requires only minor level changes of between zero metres and 1.5 metres.

There would be a gradual embankment of up to 1.5 metres height created on the western side and a similar embankment of up to one metre created on the southern side.

The limited scale of these level changes is not considered significant within the overall context of the open grassed character of the wider surrounding area and once completed they would not result in any perceptible changes to the overall character and appearance of the countryside.”

Mr Thompson, added: “The mound certainly is not 1.5metres tall. If anything it is closer to three metres tall. We cannot stop talking about this and I just hope it gets dealt with.”