Article: PERSPECTIVE: Fighting to keep green land green; This week marked the 50th anniversary of the green belt. Maggie Throup, who has been involved in several campaigns against developments on the green belt, explains why it is worth fighting for.(Features)

Article: Prescott plea in M-way fight; Service station ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  April 12, 2001 ;     449 words ... ... Prescott to visit the green belt site of a proposed motorway service station. Councillors at a full ... We don't want this service station here and neither do ... stop the controversial service station from being built. Hundreds ...

Article: Prescott plea in M-way fight ; Service station ...
Evening Mail;  April 12, 2001 ;     416 words ... ... Prescott to visit the green belt site of a proposed motorway service station. Councillors at a full ... We don't want this service station here and neither do ... stop the controversial service station from being built. Hundreds ...

Article: Is the green belt up for grabs?(Letter)
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 8, 2001 ;     590 words ... ... the loss of 250 acres of green belt. Solihull Council's support ... opposition to losing 65 acres of green belt for the proposed motorway service station very close to the NEC ... This just makes the whole green belt issue up for grabs. MAGGIE ...

Article: 'Concrete jungle' fears for green belt.
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 8, 2001 ;     315 words ...A decision to allow developers to build a motorway service station on green belt land in Solihull was criticised yesterday. The development is set to go ahead between junctions four and five of the M42 at Catherine ...

Article: Shadow Minister hears plea; Mind the Gap: Meriden service ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 12, 2001 ;     497 words ... ... proposed motorway service station which is threatening acres of green belt land. Theresa ... development on the green belt. The service station, proposed ... stopping this service station, we want ... development in the green belt including ...

Article: Letter: Green belt policy has chilling ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  January 31, 2002 ;     517 words ... ... Like me, they believe the green belt is precious and certainly ... fighting to stop a motorway service station begin built on green belt land just a mile or two from ... committed to protecting the green belt, 'but with future issues ...

Article: Balloons go up in green belt crusade.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 21, 2002 ;     490 words ... ... to stop a motorway service station from being built on green belt land in Solihull ... further development on green belt land. Maggie Throup ... everyone knows that the service station will destroy a huge amount of green belt should it get the ...