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Author Topic: Heathrow Airport - plans for expansion: ongoing discussion, merged posts  (Read 7638 times)
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« Reply #30 on: January 23, 2025, 11:32:19 »

I think they will approve LHR expansion, mainly because the taxpayer will not have much in the way of spend, most will be private sector.

I'd be surprised if the timing of the change in planning laws, particularly restricting the ability to escalate and prolong objections is a coincidence in this context.
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« Reply #31 on: January 23, 2025, 18:04:06 »

I think they will approve LHR expansion, mainly because the taxpayer will not have much in the way of spend, most will be private sector.

I'd be surprised if the timing of the change in planning laws, particularly restricting the ability to escalate and prolong objections is a coincidence in this context.

The Labour Government will want to prove that they are not a political party of 'dither and delay' of Parliament  but just get things done ('dither and delay' of Parliament a Bojo quote)
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« Reply #32 on: Yesterday at 11:56:31 »

And now it's official.......

https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/29/heathrows-third-runway-given-green-light-for-140000000-passengers-a-year-22454631/
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« Reply #33 on: Yesterday at 12:58:14 »

Clearly BoJo forgot to put a lot of his old policy papers through the shredder when he left, and someone has found them and re-used them.

The 0.43% increase in GDP sounds like something easily lost in a rounding error, but note that only half of it is stated to benefit the rest of the UK (United Kingdom) outside London and the South-east. Perhaps someone can do the maths and work out whether it might fund Portishead and the Fawley branch.

Anyway - looking forward to the revival of the Garden Bridge!
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« Reply #34 on: Yesterday at 15:44:30 »


...again. Plans for a third runway have been put forward, resisted, scrapped and put forward again since before the second runway was built.
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« Reply #35 on: Yesterday at 15:48:42 »

And Sadiq Khan knows where his votes are - & has already come out fighting against it.  Lips sealed
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