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

BBC: Group of Gypsies make fresh bid to stay in Meriden

Last week, seven families submitted a temporary application to redevelop a builders' yard on Eaves Green Lane for eight caravans and timber sheds for toilets, showers and cooking facilities.

BBC: Group of Gypsies make fresh bid to stay in Meriden

Green's company is one of ten builders breaking ground on a 3, 000-home, 3, 000-acre development in Plymouth, Mass.

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Such measures, though, will not end pressure from builders to put new houses on the green belts which surround many British towns.

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It will become harder for golf course builders to deduct for easements on fairways and for developers to deduct for easements on green-space buffers between McMansions.

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