Swindon Eviction

The site set up outside Swindon to resist a greenfield housing development by Beaufort Homes was evicted on the 27th of January. Thirty police were involved in the operation to remove 4 people from the site, with one man being arrested for Aggravated Trespass. The trees have now been fenced off and the ground around them churned up, presumably to dissuade potential future occupiers.

Work has now started on the site and legal action by the local council, which could have delayed work, has been dropped. The council believe that they own part of the land to be built on but have given up their claim of ownership in the face of superior corporate financial clout. After the eviction 80 local people took part in a protest walk around the site.