Local resident Caroline emails to tell us that squatters have taken over one of the Tesco houses, 25 Inkerman Road. They have posted up the notice pictured left, setting out their rights. The notice is dated 29/6/09.25 Inkerman Road is one of several local houses that Tesco owns - the house next door is boarded up (see the photo below), as are many houses on London Road - where despite Tesco obtaining planning permission to make them usable for housing, no work appears to have started.
Stop Tesco believes that given the desperate need for housing in the St Albans area, Tesco must put these houses back into use NOW.
Of course, if this is another Tesco strategy to let the potential site for a store decay even further in the hope that local people come around to its opinion, we are pretty sure that the people of St Albans are not that stupid!
Tesco houses in Inkerman Road that are not available for housing (squatted house in the foreground, boarded up house in the background).
PS - another local resident, Deric, has emailed us to say...
'Saturday saw an ambulance called out to attend to a very bloody head injury and the street now has a constant stream of people shouting and drinking in the street. The police were also in attendance over the weekend. If anyone can help / advise on this issue please let me know, I am trying to speak to Tesco which is proving not too easy.' We have passed his comments to local councillors and journalists.
Please let us know (via tescocampaign@yahoo.co.uk or by posting a comment) if you live in Inkerman Road and have news about the squatters or related activity in the area.
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