Originally Posted by
Buster the Bear
All this development, were they in ignorance of the planning permission? Seems a lot of cash has been invested already into a sizable increase beyond the 18m! I assume that Poacher and Gamekeeper will strike a deal to grant permission, or is Central Govt now on the case?
In the short term the airport operator, who does the councils dirt work, has put in 2 planning applications. The first one is to breach the agreed noise limits while a second planning application is to add a further million passengers. The council planning committee that will consider the applications will ignore all complaints as the council has its fingers in the airports tills and will approve the applications without considering any objections.
When 19 million is reached the airport operator will put in another planning application for 20 million. This will carry on until 22.5 million is reached when the existing airport footprint can't take any more passengers which was meant to be the case with 18 million passengers. From the councils point of view the airport operator put in the application late which will have an impact on 2020 operations. This might have been down to who pays for what as the airport operator cuts back on funding new projects with the end of the franchise due in 2031.
This all becomes irrelevant if the DCO to government is approved for 32 million but then it might not get approved. With the council spending £460 million funding pre expansion projects the council might be left in deep sh!t