Rhys Evan and councillor Justin Tomlinson at a meeting to protest about KFC 77413-127SWINDON Town goal keeper Rhys Evans joined around 100 residents at a public meeting about how to stop KFC from building a restaurant in Ash Brake.

The fast food chain has applied to build the restaurant right at the entrance to the Ash Brake Estate on Pennine Way.

A final decision will made on the application at a council meeting on Tuesday at 7pm in the Civic Offices.

Rhys, 23, who lives on the estate with girlfriend Rachel Cripps and 18-month-old son Louis strongly objects to the proposals.

He said: "I think it will do nothing to enrich the area it will only degrade it.

"You only have to look at any other fast food outlet to see what the knock on effect will be.

"There will young kids hanging around there in their cars on Friday and Saturday nights.

"There will be traffic, litter and smells. My parents live close to the KFC in Clive Parade and it produces so much litter which attracts vermin.

"There's just no need for something like this.

"If it's out of sight and out of mind that's fine.

"But some people are going to have this restaurant right outside their window."

At the meeting Coun Justin Tomlinson (Con, Abbey Meads ) encouraged residents to write directly to KFC to let the company know that they would not be eating at the restaurant.

"We need to make it clear to the company that we don't want it there and we won't use it.

"We want to get a clear message to KFC that they will be wasting their time because it's going to be a ghost town."