Council Has 'Serious Concerns' over Plans for Third Runway at Heathrow Airport

Fears of 'tens of thousands' of new flights over park from Heathrow third runway

A charity has raised fears that “tens of thousands” of new flights could be diverted over Richmond park if a third runway at Heathrow airport is…

Council has 'serious concerns' over plans for third runway at Heathrow Airport

The Royal Borough council has stressed it has ‘serious concerns’ about a third runway at Heathrow.

London Heathrow to get a third runway as rival airports throw in the towel

It has taken over four decades for London Heathrow Airport, which once had six runways, to be able to say that its planned and government-authorised third parallel runway is now "shovel ready". In reality, that is not the case, because it still has to wear the millstone of planning applications, objections and appeals that stultify the British judicial system, and that will remain so even if the government passes more legislation to speed things…

Friends of Richmond Park warn Heathrow’s third runway plans threaten the park’s tranquillity and wildlife.

The expansion could add up to 60,000 new flights over Richmond Park each year, increasing noise and air pollution dramatically. The campaign group calls on Heathrow and the government to avoid new flight paths over the park and consider minimal change. Chairman Roger Hillyer says London’s quietest green space, rich in wildlife, faces “severe damage” from proposed flight increases. In the new nature plan, Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye wrote that th…