Heathrow third runway decision shreds new planning system

摘要

Transport secretary Geoff Hoon's confirmation that the Government will support expansion of Heathrow Airport, involving greenf ield and brownfield land to its north, has left opponents pointing out the decision was taken without a new national policy statement and so undermines both aviation policy and the new Planning Act processes.rnThe development would involve demolition of both farmland, the village of Sipson and other development. The Planning Act 2008 indicates that nationally significant infrastructure proposals would first be identified in national policy statements made by the still-to-be-established Infrastructure Planning Commission.