Court of Appeal halts LHR third runway
Feb 27, 20, 3:14 am
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Court of Appeal halts LHR third runway
Campaigners win Court of Appeal ruling over controversial plans for third runway at Heathrow on environment grounds
Environment campaigners win Heathrow runway ruling https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51658693
EDITED TO ADD:
For those who are interested in the legal and evidential arguments, here is a summary of both Judgments of the Court of Appeal together with the texts of the full judgments. There were four appeals related to the Heathrow expansion:
Summary of both Appeals: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/...ne-version.pdf
Judgment in the Appeal brought by Heathrow Hub Limited and Runway Innovations Limited: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/...ruary-2020.pdf
Judgment in the Appeals brought by Friends of the Earth, Plan B Earth and others: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/...ruary-2020.pdf
Environment campaigners win Heathrow runway ruling https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51658693
EDITED TO ADD:
For those who are interested in the legal and evidential arguments, here is a summary of both Judgments of the Court of Appeal together with the texts of the full judgments. There were four appeals related to the Heathrow expansion:
Summary of both Appeals: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/...ne-version.pdf
Judgment in the Appeal brought by Heathrow Hub Limited and Runway Innovations Limited: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/...ruary-2020.pdf
Judgment in the Appeals brought by Friends of the Earth, Plan B Earth and others: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/...ruary-2020.pdf
Last edited by Tobias-UK; Feb 27, 20 at 4:24 am Reason: Added links to the Court of Appeal Judgments and Summary
Feb 27, 20, 3:23 am
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According to the BBC the Government is NOT going to appeal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51658693
Boris always said he didn't want it.
But the judges said that in future, a third runway could go ahead, as long as it fits with the UK's climate commitments.
Boris always said he didn't want it.
Feb 27, 20, 3:24 am
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Feb 27, 20, 3:26 am
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Feb 27, 20, 3:29 am
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I wonder how much has been spent on LHR R3 planning, appealing, lawyers fees, public inquiries, impact assessments etc in the last 30 years? I've lost count of the number of times it has been given the go-ahead, challenged, appealed, shelved....then repeat those 4 stages over and over again with every election and change of government
Meanwhile many other countries just get on with it, ie France / Spain / Italy / Germany / China for high-speed rail and China for new airports.
Getting anything done in this country seriously beggars belief at times
Meanwhile many other countries just get on with it, ie France / Spain / Italy / Germany / China for high-speed rail and China for new airports.
Getting anything done in this country seriously beggars belief at times
Feb 27, 20, 3:30 am
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If this is about the "climate emergency" then we shod be stopping all airport expansions but to single out Heathrow while allowing ithers doesn't make sense when it is the one in most need of extra capacity.
Feb 27, 20, 3:33 am
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Just to clarify, that information wasn't present in the BBC report at the time Tobias-UK posted it and when Camflyer made their query.
It has been added since as the report was updated (and obviously answers the question).
It has been added since as the report was updated (and obviously answers the question).
