Second consultation on Birmingham Airport runway extension
11.10.08
Opponents fighting plans for a 130ft extension to the main runway at Birmingham Airport have a second chance to voice their disapproval after Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council reopened public consultation on the contentious proposals for another 20 days. Environmental campaigners welcomed the decision after complaining not enough people were aware of the airport’s intentions.
Joe Peacock, of Birmingham Friends of the Earth, said: ‘We welcome the re-opening of the consultation but our objections to the proposed runway extension still stand. Noise pollution will get worse and carbon dioxide emissions from Birmingham International will rise if this development is given the green light. Solihull Council must refuse planning permission until the airport company can demonstrate its proposals will not increase the airport’s environmental footprint which is big enough already.’
James Botham, secretary of the Birmingham Airport anti-Noise Group, said: ‘Residents must use this further opportunity to scrutinise the proposals and make their voices heard. Worryingly, many of the residents we have recently talked to around the airport were not aware there was a planning application to extend the runway.’
Comments on the plans can be submitted to the council up to the determination of the planning application expected in December.
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