Residents of Tewkes-bury Road, Newent, will fight a new planning application that could bring polytunnels much closer to their homes.

Members of the Tewkes-bury Road Action on Polytunnels group are bracing themselves for their next planning battle with New Town Farm, following fears that homes will be "surrounded" by polytunnels next year.

New Town Farm wants to change existing planning conditions that says polytunnels can be no closer than 50m to the boundaries of properties in the lane.

If approved, new tunnels will be erected next year no more than 30m behind a number of Tewkesbury Road properties, including Plumtree Cottage, which is owned by protester, Nicholas Baker.

The farm also wants retrospective permission for existing polytunnels across the road from Plumtree Cottage and the fronts of three other properties.

Mr Baker says these are no more than 18m from property boundaries.

He said: "We very much want the existing conditions to remain, and for existing polytunnels to comply with the 50m condition.

"Otherwise, we'll be blocked in with polytunnels. They'll be all round us. We are going to fight."

Earlier protests reached a height last autumn when homes in Tewkesbury Road were wrapped in polythene following the great gale of October 27.

New Town Farm was unavailable for comment.