On, expansion was cancelled as part of the coalition agreement agreed by the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat government. It did not include a direct connection with Heathrow, but did include a new station at Old Oak Common before reaching the London terminus of Paddington – also served by Crossrail. In March 2010 the route for High Speed 2 was announced. In January 2009 more detailed plans for a third runway were government backed subject to funding, legal and parliamentary approval, together with a terminal which would include a Heathrow Hub railway station to provide the first extra-London rail link using the Great Western Main Line, perhaps at the global definition of "high speed", involving the national High Speed 2 new railway project. The third runway plans drafted involve compulsory acquisition and demolition of approximately 700 homes for which 125% market value would be paid to compensate families.
#HEATHROW AIRPORT RUNWAY FULL#
In 2009 the government stipulated it would limit extra flights to 125,000 per year until 2020, rather than the full capacity of circa 222,000.
The government anticipated that the new runway would be operational in 2015 or soon after. The government would encourage the airport operator ( BAA) to apply for planning permission and to carry out the work. In January 2009, the then Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announced that the UK government supported the expansion of Heathrow by building a third runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long serving a new passenger terminal, a hub for public and private transport set apart from the Central hub between terminals 2 and 3, the southern hub of 4 and western hub of Terminal 5.
Map of Heathrow Airport showing the original proposed extension and third runway T1 and T2 have operations have since merged into the new T2 terminal Plans Third runway and additional terminal However as of 2023 largely post- COVID pandemic, falling passenger numbers and concerns about investment costs have stalled the project. On 16 December 2020, the UK Supreme Court lifted the ban on the third runway, allowing a planning application via a Development Consent Order to go ahead. In response, the government announced it would not appeal against the decision, but Heathrow announced its intention to appeal to the Supreme Court. On 27 February 2020, in an application for judicial review brought by environmental campaigning groups, London councils, and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, the Court of Appeal ruled that the government's decision to proceed with building the third runway were unlawful, as the government's commitments to combat climate change under the Paris Agreement were not taken into account. In late June 2018, the resultant National Policy Statement: Airports was debated and voted on by the House of Commons the House voted 415–119 in favour of the third runway, within which outcome many local MPs, including a majority of those from London, opposed or abstained. On 25 October 2016, a new northwest runway and terminal was adopted as central Government policy. Although the expansion was cancelled on by the new coalition government, the Airport Commission published its various-options comparative study "Final Report" on 1 July 2015 which preferred the plan. It was publicly opposed by Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties as opposition parties and then as a coalition government, by Boris Johnson (then Mayor of London), many environmental, local advocacy groups and prominent individuals.
The plan was publicly supported by many businesses, the aviation industry, the British Chambers of Commerce, the Confederation of British Industry, the Trades Union Congress and the then Labour government. In November 2007 the government started a public consultation on its proposal for a slightly shorter third runway (2,000 metres (6,560 ft)) and a new passenger terminal. In early December 2006, the Department for Transport published a progress report on the strategy which confirmed the original vision of expanding the runways. The plans are those presented by Heathrow Airport Holdings and an independent proposal by Heathrow Hub with the main object of increasing capacity.
#HEATHROW AIRPORT RUNWAY SERIES#
The expansion of Heathrow Airport is a series of proposals to add to the runways at London's busiest airport beyond its two long runways which are intensively used to serve four terminals and a large cargo operation. For expansion in the past, see Heathrow Airport. This article is about the proposed future expansion of Heathrow Airport.
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