New date for Stansted inquiry soon
15.04.09
A new date for an inquiry into plans for a second runway at Stansted Airport will be announced by the end of next month. The plans were due to be considered at an inquiry starting today, but the hearing was put back last month.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has set a new timetable for the public inquiry. A spokesman said: ‘We will announce by the end of next month when the inquiry will start. There will then be a minimum of eight weeks between the announcement and the start of the inquiry.’
The spokesman said the hearing had been held up to allow Stansted owner BAA to consider the implications of a Competition Commission ruling that said the airport should be sold. Four local councils have written to Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, calling for the scheme to be scrapped.
John Jowers, an Essex county councillor, said: ‘The planning application for a second runway is now completely unviable with the applicant, BAA, being forced to sell Stansted and predictions of falling passenger demand turning into a reality.’
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