Heathrow Airport

Why Heathrow is stuck in a net zero holding pattern

10.03.2020

The decision not to allow Heathrow to expand on climate grounds challenges the aviation industry to change the way it operates. But it's a challenge the industry can meet, says Hannah Vickers

Court sides with campaigners over ‘unlawful’ Heathrow expansion

27.02.2020

Laura Edgar

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) was unlawful because it failed to take into account the government’s commitment to provisions in the Paris agreement on climate change – ratified by the UK in November 2016.

Heathrow to submit runway application this year

08.01.2020

Laura Edgar

Heathrow Airport | Heathrow expansion | Infrastructure - Transport | London | Plan Making - Master Planning

The application for a third runway at Heathrow Airport will be lodged with the Planning Inspectorate at the end of 2020, the airport has confirmed.

Fears rise over Heathrow rail link delay

11.11.2019

Huw Morris

dft | Heathrow Airport | HSRL | Infrastructure - Transport | London

A planned rail link to Heathrow Airport will not be completed until 2030.

News report: Heathrow’s flight plan causes turbulence

05.08.2019

Huw Morris

Climate Change | England | Heathrow Airport | Heathrow expansion | Infrastructure - Transport

Expanding Heathrow Airport will be a mega project lasting nearly 30 years. Yet considerable obstacles could leave it grounded, reports Huw Morris.

Heathrow consults on expansion / Heathrow Airport

Masterplan for Heathrow expansion goes out for consultation

20.06.2019

Laura Edgar

Heathrow Airport has published its preferred masterplan for the future layout of the airport, which includes the construction of a third runway.

Appeal: Garden landscaping condition is ‘not reasonable’

24.04.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has sided with a homeowner who disputed a planning condition that required him to maintain 25 per cent of his front garden as soft landscaping, in light of parking pressures in the area.

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Heathrow expansion plans go to court

11.03.2019

Roger Milne

A hearing into a slew of legal challenges to the government’s support for a third runway at Heathrow Airport opens in London’s High Court today (11 March).

Campaigners challenge Heathrow NPS in the High Court

08.08.2018

Laura Edgar

Friends of the Earth has launched a legal challenge against the government’s decision to approve a third runway at Heathrow Airport, claiming it is unlawful because it fails to address the UK’s climate change obligations.

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MPs vote to expand Heathrow

26.06.2018

Laura Edgar

MPs have voted 415 to 119 to approve the government's chosen scheme, as detailed in its Airports National Policy Statement, of expanding Heathrow Airport by building a third runway.

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