Additional opportunity to send your views on London Gatwick’s growth plans to the Planning Inspectorate
Due to issues accessing the Relevant Representation form on the Planning Inspectorate’s (PINS) website on Sunday 29 October, PINS will be providing an additional window for interested parties to submit views on London Gatwick’s plans to bring its existing Northern Runway into routine use.
Members of the public, including local residents, businesses and other stakeholders, have an additional nine days to register and send a summary of their views on the airport’s growth plans to the Planning Inspectorate.
The Relevant Representation form will reopen on Friday 10 November 2023, and will be available until 23:59 on Sunday 19 November 2023.
London Gatwick’s application to bring its Northern Runway into routine use, alongside its Main Runway, was accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate on 3 August 2023.
Anyone wishing to participate in planning process and give their views can do so by completing the ‘Registration and Relevant Representation Form’. This can be found on the Planning Inspectorate’s website here.
Those who register will be submitting a ‘Relevant Representation’ to become an ‘Interested Party’. They will be kept informed of progress of the examination and will have the opportunity to provide further representations during the examination phase.
The Planning Inspectorate provides further guidance on how to register and make a relevant representation on their website here.
Anyone wishing a hard copy of the registration form, or who is unable to complete it online and would like to register their interest, should call the Planning Inspectorate’s helpline on 0303 444 5000, quoting the reference number: TR020005.
London Gatwick is the UK’s second largest airport and is a vital piece of national infrastructure that helps drive both the regional and national economy. More than 40 airlines fly from the airport to over 150 short-haul and more than 45 long-haul destinations. The airport is focused on rebuilding and growing sustainably in the long term. It has ambitious plans to be a net zero airport by 2030 and increase capacity by bringing its Northern runway into routine use. Vinci Airports owns a 50.01% stake in the airport, with Global Infrastructure Partners managing the remaining 49.99% interest.
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