Since submitting its northern runway plans to the Planning Inspectorate, London Gatwick has refined its proposal and identified three discrete changes to reduce its environmental impact even further, while also providing additional design flexibility.
Since submitting its northern runway plans to the Planning Inspectorate, London Gatwick has refined its proposal and identified three changes to reduce its environmental impact even further, while also providing additional design flexibility.
Before submitting these changes to the Planning Inspectorate, the airport has today opened a consultation so that the public, landowners and other stakeholders can give their views on the proposed changes.
These views will be taken into account before the airport submits a request to amend its DCO application to the Planning Inspectorate. It will be for the Planning Inspectorate to decide if the changes can be made to the application and included in the examination.
The airport proposes making the three separate changes to the Project below:
- Project Change 1: Increase to the design parameters for the North Terminal International Departure Lounge proposed southern extension
- Project Change 2: Reduction in the height and change in the purpose of the replacement Central Area Recycling Enclosure (CARE) facility
- Project Change 3: Revision to the Surface Water Treatment Works system
They say the airport’s northern runway plan would create around 14,000 new jobs and inject £1 billion into the region’s economy every year from increased tourism, trade, supply-chain, and other business opportunities.
