Southampton airport expansion grounded after legal challenge

By Tom Lowe2021-08-11T09:22:00

Campaign group said council had ’underplayed’ the scheme’s environmental impact

Another UK airport expansion scheme has been grounded after a legal challenge to plans to extend Southampton Airport’s runway was given a hearing at the High Court.

Campaign group Geosa Ltd (Group opposed to expansion of Southampton Airport) has been granted a judicial review into Eastleigh Borough council’s decision to approve a 164m extension of the airport’s runway in April.

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