Gatwick Airport to get second runway
The application for a second runway at London’s Gatwick Airport has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander.
The project comprises of the amendment of Gatwick Airport to support dual runway operations through the routine use of the existing northern runway and to accommodate up to 80 million passengers per annum.
As part of a privately funded scheme, the West Sussex airport plans to shift its emergency runway 12 metres to the north, allowing it to accommodate departures of narrow-body aircraft like the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. This adjustment would make space for roughly 100,000 additional flights annually.
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The development will include amendments to taxiways, terminal extensions and ancillary facilities, highways and rivers; as well as temporary construction works, mitigation works and other associated development.
The application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration by Gatwick Airport Limited on 6 July 2023 and accepted for examination on 3 August 2023.
Following an examination during which the public, statutory consultees and interested parties were given the opportunity to give evidence to the Examining Authority, recommendations were made to the Secretary of State on 27 November 2024. , government sai in a statement on Monday (22 April).
“Local communities continue to be given the opportunity of being involved in the examination of projects that may affect them. Local people, the local authority and other interested parties were able to participate in this six-month examination,” it said.
“The Examining Authority listened and gave full consideration to all local views and the evidence gathered during the examination before making its recommendation to the Secretary of State. ”
