Sipson Revisited

With Sipson back under siege due to increased noise & disturbance from Heathrow dual runway trials starting on Tuesday until February, we caught up with Transition Heathrow earlier this month.  This is a guest blog from Joe of Grow Heathrow.

On Thursday 17th November 2011, exactly one month from today, Grow Heathrow will be heading back to court. Despite no support from the local community, the local council and our local MP, the owners of the land at Grow Heathrow are going ahead with a third attempt to remove us from the site.

It makes no sense. We have tried negotiating  to come to some agreement from the start but they will now only let us speak to their lawyers. They have no plans for the land and as it is greenbelt land they can’t get planning permission to do anything. All that will happen is a return to a site where regular activities include car scrapping, car breaking and contamination of agricultural land. We will not let this happen!

What can people do to support us in the run up to court proceedings?

1. Sign the petition for court – http://www.petitiononline.com/heathrow/petition.html
   

2. Send a supportive testimony to info@transitionheathrow.com or to Grow Heathrow, Vineries Close, Sipson, West Drayton, UB7 0JG (Full list of statements so far found at www.transitionheathrow.com/statements)

3. Follow us on Twitter @transheathrow. #defendGrowHrow

4. On the 5th and 6th of November a theatre director will be coming to Grow Heathrow to work on a short performance involving residents of the Heathrow villages (http://www.transitionheathrow.com/2011/10/theatre-director-coming-to-gro...).
5. Or just get down to Uxbridge County Court for 9.30am on Thursday 17th November for a big show of support outside the court.

Thank you all for your continued support.