The Keep Kingswood a Village group appeared in this week’s Gazette as they once again go to war with a property developer.

Crest Nicholson, who are planning a development of 59 houses in the village, are sure to face problems as they come against the community of Kingswood.

Some may say that developments, like those by Crest Nicholson, are an inevitable part of our society’s persistent growth. Perhaps they are necessary to maintain our increasing populations.

But there is something to be found in the values of those who form KKaV.

What will our county – and, to a larger extent, our country – become when we have ploughed through every rural area and village and put in their places homogenised housing developments and car parks?

Maybe these things are necessary, but there are ways around them, and alternatives should be looked at before we start chipping away at our nation’s heritage.

We can all sit around and discuss the things we hold dear over coffee but taking steps defend them is something different entirely.

KKaV show what things like perseverance and numbers can achieve.

They have proved successful in the past when they stopped developers Taylor Wimpey building 37 houses in the village in 2011.

With mass-letter writing, press interaction and simply coming together and discussing things, the group have transformed themselves into a model for anybody who wants to defend part of their local history.

When you know what the group stands for, and what it is they stand against, it’s hard not to find sympathy for their cause.