Heathrow Airport: Construction
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set a minimum acceptable level of noise for Heathrow expansion proposals.
Answered by Mike Kane
The government supports airport expansion and has invited proposals for a third runway at Heathrow. It expects any proposals to be brought forward by the summer and is clear that any scheme must be delivered in line with the UK’s legal, climate and environmental obligations.
Once proposals have been received the government will review the Airports National Policy Statement, which sets clear requirements to mitigate the impacts of expansion on the environment and affected communities, and which provides the basis for decision making on granting development consent for a new runway at Heathrow.
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