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| A west London village is to be razed after the government approved controversial plans to allow a third runway to be built at Heathrow. | A west London village is to be razed after the government approved controversial plans to allow a third runway to be built at Heathrow. |
| Sipson sits on land destined for the runway and its 700 homes and school will effectively be wiped from the map. | Sipson sits on land destined for the runway and its 700 homes and school will effectively be wiped from the map. |
| The runway plans include a dual carriageway running through what is now the village's Cherry Lane cemetery. | The runway plans include a dual carriageway running through what is now the village's Cherry Lane cemetery. |
| Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon told the Commons that air quality and noise reduction targets will be met. | Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon told the Commons that air quality and noise reduction targets will be met. |
| Mr Hoon said the decision came with environmental conditions aimed at protecting the quality of life for remaining residents with homes near Heathrow. | |
| He said expansion was required if Britain was to remain competitive internationally. | He said expansion was required if Britain was to remain competitive internationally. |
| Edna La Mothe, spokeswoman for Cherry Lane Against Development, said: "Today's decision comes as no surprise. This government has shown little regard for the living, so we didn't expect any consideration for our dead. | Edna La Mothe, spokeswoman for Cherry Lane Against Development, said: "Today's decision comes as no surprise. This government has shown little regard for the living, so we didn't expect any consideration for our dead. |
| People like to be here, they have the social life here, they don't know what to do Amrit Bell, landlord of the Plough pub "As for us mourners, as if our distress was not great enough, we will now have to dodge vehicles when we visit the graves." | People like to be here, they have the social life here, they don't know what to do Amrit Bell, landlord of the Plough pub "As for us mourners, as if our distress was not great enough, we will now have to dodge vehicles when we visit the graves." |
| People in Sipson said discussion over the past year had been of little else, with public spaces covered in posters urging them to get involved in the campaign to halt the expansion plans. | People in Sipson said discussion over the past year had been of little else, with public spaces covered in posters urging them to get involved in the campaign to halt the expansion plans. |
| Residents and local businesses are expected to be the subject of compulsory purchase orders as plans proceed to demolish the entire village to make way for the construction. | |
| 'Lose everything' | |
| Amrit Bell, landlord of the Plough pub, said villagers were angry. | Amrit Bell, landlord of the Plough pub, said villagers were angry. |
| "The local people and their traditional English pub - people like to be here, they have the social life here, they don't know what to do," he said. | "The local people and their traditional English pub - people like to be here, they have the social life here, they don't know what to do," he said. |
| Linda McCutcheon moved to Sipson Road in the village 42 years ago when she married her husband, Terry. | Linda McCutcheon moved to Sipson Road in the village 42 years ago when she married her husband, Terry. |
| The 63-year-old is chair of the Harmondsworth and Sipson Residents' Association, which has campaigned heavily against the expansion. | The 63-year-old is chair of the Harmondsworth and Sipson Residents' Association, which has campaigned heavily against the expansion. |
| She said: "The area's changed a great deal ever since BAA made their plans known. | She said: "The area's changed a great deal ever since BAA made their plans known. |
| "Before, people would put their property up for sale and it'd be snapped up by another family within a week. Now that just doesn't happen." | "Before, people would put their property up for sale and it'd be snapped up by another family within a week. Now that just doesn't happen." |
| Debbie Power, landlady at the King William IV pub, expects to lose "everything" as a result of the development. | Debbie Power, landlady at the King William IV pub, expects to lose "everything" as a result of the development. |
| The 30-year-old said: "The third runway will mean both my house and this pub will go. It will mean totally starting again. I lose everything." | The 30-year-old said: "The third runway will mean both my house and this pub will go. It will mean totally starting again. I lose everything." |
| The government has maintained that, in principle, it was in favour of the scheme, subject to noise and air pollution limits, and undertakings about access and traffic congestion. | The government has maintained that, in principle, it was in favour of the scheme, subject to noise and air pollution limits, and undertakings about access and traffic congestion. |
| Anti-expansion campaigners, including Sipson residents, complained the runway decision-making process has not adequately taken into account the impact on people living near Heathrow. | Anti-expansion campaigners, including Sipson residents, complained the runway decision-making process has not adequately taken into account the impact on people living near Heathrow. |