Village that defied Heathrow is slowly dying as BAA buys up homes
Guardian: It was the village whose perseverance and determination stopped the relentless growth of Heathrow airport and persuaded the government to rule out the construction of a third runway.
But now Sipson’s capacity to resist new attempts to approve the runway has been almost destroyed after BAA, the owner of Heathrow, went from being the village’s greatest enemy to its biggest property owner.
Worn down by more than a decade of protest, at least half the long-term residents of Sipson have sold their…
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