Keep the Green in Marston Green and STOP future development on the green fields (adjacent to Marston Green Cemetery) and indeed green fields everywhere.

The above green belt land has been used for cutting hay and as grazing land for well over thirty years. I am the present tenant and have been for many, many years. Unfortunately I have now been given notice to quit and move my horses as the land owners want to sell the land to developers.

Some years ago the land owners applied for their land (Land to the north and south of Bickenhill Road) Marston Green, to be taken out of the green belt. Their request was turned down by the planning department but I have been told that they can apply again within the next three years. Unfortunately there is no guarantee that permission will not be given. Their request could be turned down again but I want the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council planning department and also the land owners and future developers to know that we will not have development on this land or indeed any of our green fields.

Gillian DeJonghe