Originally Posted by
T250
Cue more decades of dithering!!
Big difference this time is that the planning process most likely won't be in the hands of local planning authorities. This is a nationally significant infrastructure project and as set out in the official announcement below will be decided by the Planning Inspector. The 12 month consultation period makes much more sense now as it will effectively be the consultation on the National Policy Statement (NPS) for the new runway.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/g...ay-at-heathrow
Last edited by AndrewH52; 25th Oct 2016 at 10:43.
Reason: Additional info / link added