HEATHROW COURT APPEAL GRANTED

22 July 2019

For immediate use

The Court of Appeal has granted claimants against the Government’s plans to expand Heathrow permission to appeal their claims in a hearing beginning on 21 October 2019. The Government had argued permission should be refused. Lord Justice Lindblom stated: 

"The importance of the issues raised in these and related proceedings is obvious." 

Reacting to the decision, Paul Beckford, Policy Director of the No 3rd Runway Coalition, said: 

“We welcome the Court of Appeal’s recognition of the seriousness that the Heathrow expansion proposal brings. Our fight will continue to end the plans that would blight our environment and fall flat in the face of our climate emergency. We expect to win.” 

Commenting ahead of the likely new prime minister taking office, Rob Barnstone, Coordinator of Stop Heathrow Expansion, said: 

“Boris Johnson knows that Heathrow expansion cannot meet environmental targets, including on noise and air pollution. Mr. Johnson has indicated he will be following the legal and planning processes very carefully, then at the appropriate time the project can be cancelled. We don’t expect any gimmicks but remain confident that Mr Johnson will stop this disastrous project, albeit at the correct time in the process. The decision by the Court of Appeal today may make that time a little sooner than previously thought.”

ENDS.

The judgment can be found here: https://planb.earth/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Permission-to-Appeal-Order.pdf

For more information, contact Paul Beckford on 07775593928 or paul@no3rdrunwaycoalition.co.uk