Last week, the council rejected a revised planning application for two temporary caravan pitches on a disused builders yard opposite the site.

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"Before you had to hunt for things through friends or contacts, " Hernan Mayor explains, as he loads roofing material onto the back of his bike at The Wonder builders yard.

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They have now submitted an application to Solihull Borough Council for a temporary site at a nearby builders' yard on Eaves Green Lane.

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