Luton Airport Expandation Plans approved by the Transport Secretary | Politics News

The expansion of the Luton Airport was approved by the Transport Secretary.

Heidi Alexander’s plans for a new terminal rather than a track, tire stamping decisions, despite the planning planning that the planning inspector rejects his movement on environmental concerns.

After a similar decision, the government thought whether it would expand the airport as a tool to increase the growth of England. Give green light on a third runway in Heathrow At the beginning of the year.

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Luton Airport, the fifth most intense Airport of England last year, wants to increase its annual limit on passenger numbers from 18 million to 32 million in the mid -2040s and allows the runway to be used for 77,000 flights per year compared to last year.

In 2024, 16.9 million passengers passed the airport on 132,000 flights.

Planning inspector, a government -length government -length government organ, which was interested in planning appeals and national infrastructure planning practices, was concerned that the national landscape of Chilterns during construction would have a “moderate significant impact on aesthetic or perceptual features”.

Alexander approved the development permission of the airport, which is used to obtain permission for important infrastructure projects. After the expansion is said to help the UK economy.

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“Transportation secretary has approved the expansion of the Luton airport for the benefits of the benefits of Luton and a wider UK economy.

“The decision disrupts the advice of rejection of the planning inspector.

“Expansion will provide great growth advantages for Luton with a cash increase for the local council with thousands of good, new business and airport.

“This shows that we will not give up anything to offer economic growth and new infrastructure as part of our change plan, approved by the workers’ government.”

‘Open Benefits’

Luton Rising, an airport, claimed that the project would support approximately 12,000 new jobs in the region and will provide an additional economic benefit of £ 1.6 billion per year.

President Paul Kehoe said that the decision of the transport secretary “enables us to continue to plan detailed planning.”

“Benefits are open. 32 million passengers per year, our plan will offer new jobs up to 11,000, up to £ 1.5 billion, and will add £ 13 million each year for communities and good reasons.

“We believe that the noise of the airport, operational greenhouse gas emissions, air quality and surface access effects, represents the largest commitment to the sustainable operation of an airport in the UK.”

Last month, Mrs. Alexander, He would support Gatwick Airport’s second runway plan If the project was set.

The transport secretary said that Britain had previously been able to make aviation as protecting the environment and that it should increase and that they were basically incompatible.

‘Bad example of Déjà Vu’

Environmental groups immediately criticized the decision as “misled”.

Green Alliance Senior Policy Advisor Johann Beckford said it was a “bad case of Déjà Vu.”

“Double passenger and flight numbers will increase air pollution and noise.

“This last misunderstood project is more than expanding the economy to weaken the climate reliability of the UK, because once again the growth effect of expansion will be exaggerated.

“Almost 90% of the Luton flights taken for free time, this decision, this decision, British tourists to spend their money to spend the priority boarding.”

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In the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, the President of Transportation Colin Walker said that the movement would “encourage frequently flying brochures to fly more often” and spend their money abroad.

“70% of England’s flights are taken by only 15% of the population,” he said.

“England is already running a 41 billion pound tourism deficit, a expanded Luton will worse this by encouraging more people to remove their revenues from the UK and spend abroad.

“Gatwick and Luton airports, the approval of the expansion of the emissions, the government’s clean power plan hopes to obtain all CO2 savings will be deleted by 2050 will see the increase.”