Residents on a street named after Blue Peter gardener Percy Thrower are fighting to stop developers bulldozing their lawns and flowerbeds.
Locals on Percy Thrower Avenue in Bonmere Heath, Shropshire, face losing a third of their back gardens, which many have tended to for decades.
Landowner Housing Plus Group is building 19 affordable homes on a field behind the properties.
The company claims around six residents have illegally encroached on their land and are now threatening to take it back.
The firm wrote to residents on May 21 giving them 28 days to clear their gardens 'before taking action to remove the encroachment'.
