Stansted runway decision will not be made until after next election
11.05.09
Reports have emerged that a decision on plans for a second runway at Stansted is not now expected until after the general election, raising the prospect of the proposals being blocked by a new government. David Dash, a senior planning official at Essex county council, told The Observer that the planning inquiry into proposals for a second runway at the airport was unlikely to begin before September and would take at least a year to complete, meaning that any recommendation would not be made to ministers until after the general election.
As the Conservatives have promised to block proposals for new runways in the South East if elected, even if the Stansted inquiry finds in favour of a second runway, if the party is elected, ministers are likely to choose to reject the application. Theresa Villiers, Conservative shadow transport secretary, reiterated the party's intention to scrap the current government's plans for airport expansion just last week.
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