Tag Archives: Aviation
HS2 – A Route Long View
Yesterday a group of 32 transport planning experts, backed by the Transport Planning Society and the Royal Town Planning Institute wrote an open letter to Patrick McLoughlin the Transport Minister. This letter sets out that they do not believe that … Continue reading
Planning under attack
Budget week is always an exciting time as the public, politicians and media commentators speculate about, and reflect upon, a raft of announcements. Yesterday the Chancellor George Osborne offered a further attack on the planning system, highlighting its alleged role … Continue reading
A note on the Emergency Budget
Unless you have been hiding in the woods to avoid it (!) you will know that George Osborne delivered the Emergency Budget on behalf of the Coalition government earlier this week. As anticipated, the Budget begins the process of reducing … Continue reading
Good home for Gatwick?
So, BAA’s monopoly is finally ending. We have met the news that Gatwick is to be bought by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) with mixed views. From a personal point of view the breaking up of such a monopoly can only be … Continue reading
World leading Climate Change Bill passed
The Scottish Parliament led the world by passing the strongest climate change legislation of any industrialised nation! Continue reading
BAA must sell Stansted – why do you need a new runway then?
The Competition Commission’s report into BAA’s ownership of multiple airports has concluded that BAA must sell Stansted, Gatwick and one of Edinburgh or Glasgow airports. They have two years to sell off Stansted and interestingly the Commission has not insisted any … Continue reading
A slap in the face for the world
Bad news for those of us who care about our future. Today Stop Stansted Expansion, supported by the Woodland Trust, Greenpeace, CPRE, FOE and others lost their High Court appeal against the Government’s decision to increase passenger numbers at Stansted. High Court … Continue reading
Escaped tree heads to High Court
A tree which has escaped from Philipland Wood descended on London yesterday to support Stop Stansted Expansion’s High Court appeal against a Government decision to allow an increase in passenger numbers at Stansted. One of the trees spent the day … Continue reading
Record of the world’s first tweeting tree
Read what happened when the trees went to London to visit the High Court and see the appeal against the Government’s plans for increased passenger numbers at Stansted. This is just a record of the tweets from the day from the … Continue reading
