Furious villagers are preparing to take the Home Office to court over plans to increase the number of asylum seekers living at a former airfield by more than 60 per cent.Families in the Essex village of Wethersfield say the proposal would lead to them being outnumbered by camp's residents.RAF Wethersfield is set to expand from 766 migrants to 1,245 and be used beyond the original plan of 2027.That is despite repeated vows by ministers that they will 'stop the boats' and secure Britain's borders. Villagers living near the site say their life has been 'hell' since it opened in June 2023 amid claims of antisocial behaviour and an atmosphere of 'intimidation'. They describe being woken by noise from the camp and cars dropping and picking up migrants in the early hours.Others claimed to have seen men defecating in nearby roads and fields. Samantha Clarke-Holland, who lives yards from the camp, was forced to take her detached £895,000 home off the market after failing to get a single viewing. She is now considering joining others and councils to bring fresh legal action against the Home Office in light of the expansion plans.The 59-year-old mother said: 'We've previously taken the Home Office to court with a judicial review. Families in the Essex village of Wethersfield say the proposal would lead to them being outnumbered by residents of the camp RAF Wethersfield is set to expand from 766 migrants to 1,245 and be used beyond the original plan of 2027 Samantha Clarke-Holland, who lives yards from the camp, was forced to take her detached £895,000 home off the market after failing to get a single viewing'If we got the support of the local council and other locals, we'd do it again.'This government comes up with new slogans and gimmicks all the time like stop the boats and one in one out, but they have not worked.'We live directly opposite from the consequences of their failures.'I'd be up for anything to stop this. I'd be happy to take fresh legal action with the support of others.'Mrs Clarke-Holland said she would be looking to challenge a Special Development Order which grants temporary planning permission and bypasses the local council authority.She added: 'It's outrageous the government can do this while bypassing planning laws and ignoring local people. We're being punished because they cannot stop the route problem, which is the boats in the first place.'When they arrive, they arrive in hundreds everyday. This is extending it by over 400. So that's basically a big day of crossings. Where else will they go?'It's a huge mess. We're the ones to suffer. The noise is constant. It's screaming and shouting. We get cars turning up doing god knows what at all times.'It's suspicious. We police the site ourselves. We've seen some people climb in, God knows why.'Mrs Clarke-Holland is unsurprised by the lack of interest in her house, asking: 'Who would want to live opposite that? It's so sad.'They even defecate in the fields around here. We've done the right thing and worked hard and now we have a property that basically isn't worth what we put in.'We didn't get a single viewer. Who would want to live 20 yards from an asylum centre? Our house now has no value.'Couple Simone Sutcliffe, 79, and partner John Adams, 78, also live opposite and are unhappy with the expansion plans. Couple Simone Sutcliffe, 79, and partner John Adams, 78, also live opposite and are unhappy with the expansion plans Another section of the camp, which was used by the RAF and United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War Mr Adams said: 'We knew that's what they wanted to do all along. But we were never told. We're ignored.'These lovely houses now have no value. But we've all worked hard all our lives. It's wrong.'We have the most stunning views here. Before they moved in, it was so quiet as well.'But they make so much noise. And so do the staff. We are constantly woken at 4am by the sound of the gate slamming open and closed as the staff go in and change their shift.'Ms Sutcliffe added: 'Nobody listens to us. We're ignored.'Villager Alex Mason, 56, said he would support any legal plans to try and block the move.The building contractor said: 'It's clear they have it all sewed up and the Home Office will do whatever they want.'It's sad to know, for certain, that despite being the ones paying the taxes to fund all of this, they don't care about us.'That's actually gutting when you think about it. It's hell here. The migrants outnumber us.'What happened if we all stopped paying our taxes? We'd be put in prison. But they break the law by coming here illegally, and get rewarded with the accommodation.'One gripe locals have is constant bus visits from the centre into nearby Essex towns such as Braintree.Mr Mason added: 'They have this VIP service. There's no consequence. Quite the opposite, they get rewarded. I'd do anything to support legal action.'Another local said they feared the site would now house migrants for the next ten years with even bigger capacity.They said: 'Why stop here? There's nothing to stop it carrying on for years and years, a decade maybe. It's a national disgrace.'The Government wants to increase Wethersfield's capacity to make up for the closure of 20 more asylum hotels. But Councillor Peter Harris, Leader of Essex County Council, said: 'I have a simple message for the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood – Enough is enough. We are not a dumping ground for the result of a failing asylum system.'Closing hotels is one thing but shifting the impact onto Essex communities is unacceptable and this is what will result from this increase.'Those impacts are felt by people in towns and cities miles from Wethersfield itself – in Braintree, Colchester, and Chelmsford – because that is where the men living at Wethersfield are bussed to and from every week. An aerial view of some of the accommodation blocks at the site in Essex