Heathrow expansion faces High Court challenge from Friends of the Earth

By Jordan Marshall2018-08-09T06:00:00

Environmental group says the plan illegally breaches UK’s climate change policy

Friends of the Earth has launched High Court legal action against the expansion of Heathrow airport.

Lawyer Leigh Day, who is acting on behalf of Friends of the Earth (FoE), filed papers with the High Court asking for the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) – which was published by the government in June and gave the go-ahead for a third runway at the Heathrow – to be quashed.

In the papers filed at the High Court on Monday, FoE argued the government’s Airports NPS was unlawful as it breaches the UK’s climate change policy and its sustainable development duties.

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