Gatwick Airport’s 12-week public consultation on plans to bring existing Northern Runway into routine use closes
Gatwick Airport’s 12-week public consultation on plans to bring its existing Northern Runway into routine use has now closed. The company will now go through the thousands of responses in detail and make any necessary amends to its proposals before submitting a formal application to the Planning Inspectorate as part of the Development Consent Order process. Gatwick expects to submit its application towards the end of 2022 and, as part of the application will produce a Consultation Report explaining the outcome of the consultation
The consultation ran for 12 weeks, from 9 September 2021 until 23:59 on 1 December 2021, seeking public views on the proposals to bring Gatwick’s existing Northern Runway into routine use alongside its Main Runway by summer 2029. This would be for departing aircraft and would require the repositioning of its centre line further north by 12 metres, enabling dual runway operations with the airport’s Main Runway whilst meeting all international safety standards.
The low-impact plans are forecast to generate approximately 18,400 additional jobs by 2038 along with an additional expected £1.5bn GVA to the region. The project will be delivered in a sustainable way which helps to achieve the Government’s overall goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Stewart Wingate, CEO, Gatwick Airport said:
“I would like to personally take this opportunity to extend thanks on behalf of everyone at Gatwick Airport to those who took time to share their thoughts and feedback as part of our public consultation. This feedback will now be analysed and will help inform the development of our plans.
“We will also be carrying out further environmental and modelling assessments and continue to engage with statutory authorities and other local consultees.”
Details of the Project will remain on Gatwick’s website at www.gatwickairport.com/futureplans
Gatwick is the UK’s second largest airport and flies a range of both short and long-haul point-to-point services. The airport is a vital piece of the UK’s national infrastructure and is also a major driver for both the regional and national economies. In 2019, a new long-term partnership was formed with VINCI Airports which purchased a 50.01% stake in the airport.
The world's leading private airport operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 50 airports in 11 countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports by providing its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing operational performance, modernizing infrastructures and managing their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is the first airport operator to have committed to a global international environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zero emission across its entire network by 2050.
For more information:
www.vinci-airports.com
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GIP manages the remaining 49.99% interest in Gatwick and is a leading independent infrastructure fund manager that makes equity and debt investments in high quality infrastructure assets in the energy, transport, water/waste and digital infrastructure sectors. GIP manages US$84 billion for its investors. Its 46 portfolio companies have combined annual revenues of US$61 billion and employ nearly 100,000 employees. For more information on GIP please visit https://www.global-infra.com/
