A plan to acquire and develop 18 parcels of land in the St Lawrence, Christ Church area has triggered concern among residents of that community and surrounding districts who are worried about how it will affect their homes and businesses.Spokesperson for the St Lawrence, Dover and Maxwell Association Adrian Donovan told Barbados TODAY the situation has prompted a town hall meeting for Saturday, which Member of Parliament for Christ Church South Ralph Thorne has confirmed he will attend.The meeting follows a land acquisition notice published in the newspaper last week.That Government notice, issued under the Land Acquisition Act, Cap 228, stated that the parcels of land situated in Bath Village, St Lawrence Gap and Dover were needed for “public purposes, namely road improvement, car parking, environmental improvement and tourism development”.The mentioned properties included Josef’s Restaurant, Southwinds Hotel and Beach Club, Investment Integrity Corporation, Sea Life Barbados Ltd, and several other commercial and residential spaces.“Over the past couple of days, we have been [hearing] about the possibility of an acquisition by the Government of some lands within this Christ Church community…. There have been a number of commentators who have taken to the social media expressing their disgust but as was done in the past, and we will continue to do, we always keep the residents informed….“We are having a town hall meeting for the residents in those affected areas and by a wider margin, the whole of Christ Church,” Donovan told Barbados TODAY.