article_snippet: The proposed site in leafy Catherine-de-Barnes, near Solihull, West Midlands, will include a total of 3,333 graves for followers of Islam.
article_snippet: The proposed site of 3,000 graves (edged in blue) and the previous applications (green and red) that have been made for the sites near Solihull, West Midlands .
article_snippet: It would mean Cemetery Development Services Ltd could eventually hold over FIVE times as many people as Catherine-de-Barnes itself.
article_snippet: Grandfather-of-four Gerry Chauke, 55, said: 'There is ample room for graves to accommodate the local population here. '
article_snippet: The proposal  in Catherine-de-Barnes, near Solihull, West Midlands, would include a total of 3,333 graves for followers of Islam .
article_snippet: The cemetery has received backing from the Muslim community in Solihull, who said there was a desperate need for more burial spaces.
article_snippet: The cemetery has received backing from the Muslim community in Solihull, who said there was a desperate need for more burial spaces . '
article_snippet: The cemetery is also an established fact that there is a shortage of burial places across the country. '
article_snippet: The cemetery is a positive endeavour in meeting a desperate need for more burial spaces.'
article_snippet: Funeral director Mohammed Khalil, of Birmingham-based ZUQ Funeral Services, said even 3,000 burial plots would barely provide enough space for the next 50 years.
highlights_snippet: New plans are for  3,000 graves on a greenbelt site in Solihull .
  