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Dale Farm: Bid to 'protect' scaffolding gateway
Residents have applied to English Heritage for protection of the entrance to the Dale farm site Moves have been made to get listed status for a scaffolding structure at the gateway to the UK's largest illegal travellers' site.
For the past five years the gateway at Dale Farm near Basildon, in Essex, has carried banners supporting residents,
Campaigners have applied to English Heritage, saying it was an "emblem of a struggle for traveller rights".
Meanwhile, two Dale Farm protesters have been charged in connection with an incident at Basildon Council offices.
The men, aged 22 and 29, have both been charged with using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment alarm or distress following Tuesday's incident.
They were bailed to appear at Basildon Magistrates' Court on 6 October.
The clearance of the Dale Farm site had been due to begin last week.
However, an injunction preventing bailiffs moving in is currently in place while legal appeals are heard at the High Court.
The planned clearance follows a decade-long row over 51 unauthorised pitches on the six-acre travellers' site.
The next court hearing is due to be held on Thursday.
'Care about us'
The campaigners bidding for listed status for the scaffolding said the structure provided a defence against bailiffs moving in.
Resident Kathleen McCarthy said: "We're here to fight for our rights to a normal family life, for our children to get an education and for us to have security for our homes.
"The tower is all that stands between ourselves and the bailiffs.
"As long as it remains standing, we know that there are people outside our community who still care about our rights."
English Heritage has not commented on the application.
However, its website said the organisation designated protected status to "celebrate England's historic buildings, monuments, parks, gardens, battlefields and wreck sites, by highlighting their special interest in a national context".
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Dale Farm: Bid to 'protect' scaffolding gateway
Residents have applied to English Heritage for protection of the entrance to the Dale farm site Moves have been made to get listed status for a scaffolding structure at the gateway to the UK's largest illegal travellers' site.
For the past five years the gateway at Dale Farm near Basildon, in Essex, has carried banners supporting residents,
Campaigners have applied to English Heritage, saying it was an "emblem of a struggle for traveller rights".
Meanwhile, two Dale Farm protesters have been charged in connection with an incident at Basildon Council offices.
The men, aged 22 and 29, have both been charged with using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment alarm or distress following Tuesday's incident.
They were bailed to appear at Basildon Magistrates' Court on 6 October.
The clearance of the Dale Farm site had been due to begin last week.
However, an injunction preventing bailiffs moving in is currently in place while legal appeals are heard at the High Court.
The planned clearance follows a decade-long row over 51 unauthorised pitches on the six-acre travellers' site.
The next court hearing is due to be held on Thursday.
'Care about us'
The campaigners bidding for listed status for the scaffolding said the structure provided a defence against bailiffs moving in.
Resident Kathleen McCarthy said: "We're here to fight for our rights to a normal family life, for our children to get an education and for us to have security for our homes.
"The tower is all that stands between ourselves and the bailiffs.
"As long as it remains standing, we know that there are people outside our community who still care about our rights."
English Heritage has not commented on the application.
However, its website said the organisation designated protected status to "celebrate England's historic buildings, monuments, parks, gardens, battlefields and wreck sites, by highlighting their special interest in a national context".
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