You can't always get what you want: Daughter of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards joins protest against migrant centre in their village

Locals: Keith Richards and his daughter Angela (right) have joined a protest gainst centre for migrants near villages where she and rock star dad lives

One of Keith Richards’s daughters could join a campaign against a Home Office plan to force thousands of asylum seekers on an idyllic village.

Angela Richards, daughter of the Rolling Stones guitarist and actress and model Anita Pallenberg, was among 200 local residents who attended a public meeting about the controversial proposal this week.

It was revealed that up to 3,000 asylum seekers could be processed over six months in the picturesque seaside hamlet of Earnley, West Sussex, which has a population of just 150.

Once the asylum seekers’ applications have been considered, they will be able to apply for housing elsewhere in Britain.

Opponents say the sheer number of migrants, who would arrive in groups of 200 at a time, is ‘entirely disproportionate’ and could damage tourism, the parish’s main source of income.

Miss Richards lives in nearby Birdham and her father in West Wittering, also near Earnley.

After the meeting, Miss Richards, 43, who was christened Dandelion by her parents but chooses to be known by her middle name, said she was keeping her father informed.

‘I have mentioned it to my dad just to let him know what’s going on,’ said the mother-of-two. ‘We’re not going to do anything until we know more about what is being proposed.’

At the centre of the row is Earnley Concourse, owned by the Bett Charitable Trust and assigned by the charity’s founders for educational use. A former boarding school and adult education centre, it was used to house foreign students in the spring and summer.

Now the site’s managers have applied for planning permission to change the use of the building into a hostel.

The application states: ‘The users are likely to be foreign individuals/families/vulnerable people using the facilities as low cost accommodation. The guests will still be short term in nature.’ Villagers only recently found out indirectly that the application refers to asylum seekers, many of whom are likely to come from the notorious camp known as ‘The Jungle’ in Calais.

The site would be run by Clearsprings, one of three companies contracted by the Home Office to provide accommodation for asylum seekers under a multi-million-pound contract called Compass.

Around 1,500 people have joined a protest group against the plan online, and more than 200 have objected to the plans on the local council website.

Keith Richards, 71, is active in the area, recently voicing opposition to a £1.5million beachside restaurant development in West Wittering.

His daughter posted on Facebook that she was ‘on the case’ when someone suggested her father could help those opposing the plans.

‘I take a very keen interest and concern on what is being proposed for Earnley Concourse... I so appreciate the passion and dedication that everyone is doing [sic],’ she wrote.

Tara Saphir, 33, and her twin sister Michelle, both mothers of two young children, are organising the campaign against the proposals.

Michelle Saphir said: ‘It’s just the security aspect of the influx of men. With the population being 150, we do not have the facilities for them. No police and the no lit-up streets – it’s a very scary prospect.’

Idyllic: Miss Richards lives in nearby Birdham and her father in West Wittering, also near Earnley (pictured)

Lisa Man, 47, who lives in the area with her husband Ian, 50, daughter Cherish, 19, and her mother-in-law Ruth, 82, said: ‘House prices are going to plummet round here – we have worked all our lives for that.’

Daniel Butcher, 43, an IT consultant who has lived in the village all his life, said: ‘We have a real problem with the demographic change in this country – it’s now creeping out of London into areas like this.’

Keith Martin, chairman of Earnley Parish Council, said: ‘An influx of 200 people of different cultural background seems ludicrous. A more unsuitable location could not be thought of.’

The application is for a ten-year change of use to a hostel. Home Office officials have told local councillors the site would be used for six months, but they could not guarantee it would not be longer.

Clearsprings said yesterday: ‘The availability of suitable short-term sites is limited and this site provides the ideal configuration of accommodation units and on-site facilities.

‘We are currently in discussions with all parties to consider whether the site would be best suited to housing singles or families or a combination of both, but no decisions can be finalised until the planning application process has concluded.’

The Home Office said: ‘We can confirm that one of our contractors has submitted a planning application for a change of use for a site near Chichester. We await the council’s decision on the application.’

A final decision on the planning application will be made by Chichester District Council on February 3.