Hounslow Community Land Project

Hounslow Community Land Project was a community garden and sports area on a derelict piece of land on Hanworth Road, Hounslow, west London. The site, owned by Transport for London, had been occupied by a group of land rights activists who have set up a camp and created a football pitch, badminton court, wildlife pond and vegetable growing areas.[1]

Sign by the front gate on Hanworth road, May 2010

Transport for London, who owned the derelict land which was formerly a dye-works and a pub, had intended to build a new bus depot there. With strong public opposition, their plans were dropped in 2009,[2] leaving the land derelict. TfL announced plans to sell the land for other development.

Squatters moved in to form the Hounslow Community Land Project in May 2010. In December that year the project was abandoned and the group moved off of the site, citing "continuing antisocial behaviour".[3]

See also

References
  1. "- The Hounslow and Brentford Times - Eco Villagers prepare to leave after court ruling". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  2. - Hounslow and Chiswick Guardian - Victory for campaigners as bus garage plans dropped
  3. Cumber, Robert (2 December 2010). "Eco squatters leave Hounslow 'due to antisocial behaviour'". getwestlondon. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

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