A POOLE woman who refused a £40,000 offer from developers for her garden has spoken of her fears that homebuilders will consume all urban green spaces.

Claire Dinmore, 41, has lived in her terrace home on Croft Road for just over a year - but already she has received three flyers from developers wanting to buy her home.

And at the beginning of this year she turned down an offer from Braeside Developments to buy her 70ft back garden for £40,000.

But while she refused, her neighbours did not. And now the sanctuary of her garden could be lost following an application to build seven three-bed houses on the back gardens of neighbouring homes 16 to 30.

The mother-of-one said she and her neighbours had been targeted because of their large gardens.

And with gardens classified as brownfield sites - where the government broadly supports new development - she fears developers will leave a depressing legacy for the next generation.

She said: "There comes a point when we have to protect these urban green spaces. It's like they're happy for us to live in a grassless world."

She added: "It's all about money. All it leaves behind for the next generation are concrete patios."

Miss Dinmore, a nurse at Poole Hospital, said it could be hard to resist offers from developers with so much financial backing.

Darryl Howells, of agents Ken Park Planning, said on behalf of Braeside Developments: "The development of the site doesn't remove urban green spaces, it is simply the redevelopment of brownfield sites within a current residential area as advocated in national and local planning policies."