Responding to the approved expansion of Gatwick Airport

“This awful decision is a triumph for lobbying over logic. Despite clear reasons to reject this proposal based on noise, climate change emissions and transport gridlock, the Transport Secretary has decided to side with Gatwick bosses and plough ahead with these reckless plans.  

“The excuses found to blast loopholes through conditions on resident noise and traffic gridlock set out clearly by the Planning Inspectorate earlier this year make a mockery of every hard-working resident group, environmental organisation and local council that engaged in good faith with this process.” 

“Undercutting this nonsense, is this Government’s consistent failure to treat the climate emergency with any sense of urgency at all. Far more than extra flights from Gatwick for the richest, most frequent flyers, the public overwhelmingly wants action on climate change, and once again, this Labour Government is not just failing but doing active harm.” 

ENDS