Thursday 24 January 2013

Meriden Gypsy site protests: 1000 days on - Warwickshire

From ITV

Thursday 24th January 2013 - a thousand days on since green belt protesters began campaigning against an illegal Gypsy site in Warwickshire.


Despite recent record levels of snowfall and floods in the area, protesters have maintained their non stop vigil to protest against the site.

Back in April 2010, 8 families in 17 caravans moved onto green belt land without planning permission. After illegally bulldozing the land, the Gypsies have since lost all of their bids for approval in a battle with locals and the council.

In March last year, Gypsies controlling the site lost a High Court battle and have to leave the site by March 31st 2013.

We will continue our fight until the green belt is restored.

– Mr McGrath, Chairman of protest group, Residents Against Inappropriate Development (raid)

see alao: The Birmingham Mail - “I’m not doing it for me. I’m heading for the exit door of this life, not the entrance. I’m doing it for my grandchildren.”

The Daily Mail - Villagers mark 1,000 days of continuous protest against illegal Gypsy camp which has blighted greenbelt land

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