A dozen adults and children shouting slogans marched to the semi-detached house of Councillor Battye in Hillside Avenue, Grotton, on Saturday.
The protesters from Oldham Earth First held banners and placards which read "Stop your eco vandalism" and "You must be Battye John".
Three police officers in a van monitored the small group, including a mother and her two children, which challenged Councillor Battye to a debate.
But while the council leader watched from his lounge, a fourth officer answered protesters knocking on his door and issued warnings about trespassing.
Protester Lisa Jones said: "Ripping up the countryside at Beal Valley to fill it full of rubble from an unwanted motorway and turn it into a golf course is totally batty."
Another activist, Adam Marlborough, said: "We were threatened with criminal damage for playing golf in his garden, but what about the criminal damage he is doing to the environment."
One of the leaders of the group was Dr. Michael Bane of Delph, who is also a prominent campaigner against the UK arms trade with Indonesia. He said "It is dissappointing that Councillor Battye didn't come out to meet and talk with us. We came here to have a proper discussion about the council's plans. "Instead Cllr Battye has chosen to hide behind unnecessary police protection. Obviously, we can only think he has something to hide."
Councillor Battye refused to give a comment to the Evening Chronicle when he was contacted following the peaceful protest.