Airports: Construction
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an environmental impact assessment for each airport expansion plan.
Answered by Mike Kane
All airport expansion proposals that are likely to have a significant effect on the environment must already be accompanied by an environmental impact assessment, as set out in planning legislation. These assessments will be taken into account by the local planning authority and/or Secretary of State in deciding whether or not to grant consent for the development.
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