The Grow Heathrow squat in 2014. ‘It is worth asking why squatting – even squatting with laudable social or environmental intentions – is seen as such a threat [by government].’ Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian
Last week one of Britain’s highest-profile and most politically significant squats was given its latest stay of execution. Residents at Grow Heathrow, a squat set up on derelict land in protest at plans for a third runway, were granted the right to appeal against a ruling by the royal courts of justice giving them 14 days to leave. The case has been rumbling on since the land was occupied in 2010; despite many eviction attempts, the squatters look set to fight another day.
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