Is Luton Airport the kind of place an external investor would choose to sink money on a major infrastructure project? Well, who would build an airport on top of a hill for starters…
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Who’s behind the Luton Airport DCO proposal?
The Development Consent Order for massive expansion of Luton Airport is being fronted by Luton Rising – the new name for the same old company LLAL which owns the Airport for Luton Council.
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Luton Airport 19 million? We said NO!
The Airport does not have a credible Carbon Reduction Plan. Its expansion proposal contravenes the Local Plan since noise levels will increase. We said NO! to further expansion at Luton Airport.
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Was expert evidence accurate, fair and balanced?
LADACAN has run a Fact Check on the ‘expert’ evidence which influenced Luton’s ‘development control’ Councillors to vote 7-2 to legitimise the Airport’s planning breaches. It’s a sorry story…
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Government policy on aviation noise is ineffective
The government’s aircraft noise policies are ineffective, and little has been done to balance industry greed with environmental impacts. Aviation noise and emissions remain out of control.
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Jet Zero consultation: Hero or Nero?
The government’s Jet Zero “strategy” went for consultation last year. It flies in the face of advice from the Climate Change Committee and the IPCC. Our verdict: they are fiddling while Rome burns.
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Who makes the noise at Luton Airport?
Wizz Air is the fastest-growing airline at Luton. And Wizz is introducing yet more A321neo aircraft with supposedly less noisy engines – that in fact sound just as loud when operated at Luton Airport!
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Consultation on arrivals flight paths
Luton Airport’s consultation on proposed changes to arrivals flight paths has now closed. The changes they want to make could have a serious noise impact on residents over a wide area, but our verdict is that they failed to explain it clearly.
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Help us fight FutureLuToN expansion
LLAL has announced it will submit a Development Consent Order in 2021 for massive further expansion of Luton Airport. Is it right to impose the noise and emissions from 80,000 additional flights per year on this area?
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