Land earmarked for the construction of Heathrow’s third runway has been bought by anti-expansion protesters.
Land the size of half a football pitch near Sipson village – which would lose hundreds of homes in the expansion – was bought by a Greenpeace coalition.
It has pledged not to sell the land to the government or BAA if the airport expansion gets the go-ahead.
Greenpeace director John Sauven said: “We’ve thrown a massive spanner in the engine driving Heathrow expansion.”
Four key Greenpeace campaigners – including actress Emma Thompson and impressionist Alistair McGowan – bought the land for an undisclosed fee. Read more…
Land ownership at Heathrow
