Fantastic news! Both the climate and common sense scored a major victory at the High Court on March 26th, where the Government's plans for a 3rd runway at Heathrow were dealt a huge blow.
Thank Goodness we all saw sense ages ago and became Airplotters.... still time to join now and time to get designing on the edifice for the site. Maybe now the people of Sipson can be left alone to enjoy their village....but you never know!
In response to a legal challenge against the runway mounted by a coalition of organisations that include Greenpeace, Lord Justice Carnwath ruled that the Government's decision to give a green light to the proposed third runway does not hold any weight. He said that their claims to the contrary as ‘untenable in law and common sense'.
The judge delivered a slap across the wrist to the Government, saying that the decision hadn't properly taken into consideration the Government's own climate change policy or the economic case and surface transport. Effectively this means that for the runway to go ahead, the Government will have to re-consult on these major issues as part of an overhaul of its wider aviation policy.
While the Government has been sent back to drawing board, it is very hard to see how it can resuscitate any enthusiasm for the new runway. However, we will be keeping a very close eye on the situation, and we won't rest until the any new government has scrapped the plans categorically and permanently.
More from the Guardian here http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/26/heathrow-third-runway-travel-and-transport?CMP=AFCYAH
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