Coventry airport protestors write to councillors - 'don't let us down'
04.07.05
Protesters fighting the expansion of Coventry airport issued a lastminute plea to local councillors today, asking them to continue their opposition to the airport. The wrote to all those involved in tonight's planning meeting, with the message 'don't let us down.'
Officers from Warwick District Council stunned groups fighting expansion of Coventry Airport last week, by recommending its planning committee agrees to back the temporary terminal and 2,000 space car park at a planning meeting tonight. However, the Campaign Against Expansion of Coventry Airport (CAECA) has sent letters to every councillor on the committee urging them to bring their 'good sense to the planning process, protect local people and the local environment' by rejecting the recommendations.
After more than a year of fighting passenger flights at Coventry airport, including a High Court hearing and the first of two planned public inquiries, Warwick District Council officers recommended acceptance of a mitigation package last week (see this earlier coventry airport news story). The recommendation comes as a public inquiry, triggered by the airport's appeal against enforcement notices issued by the council on the temporary terminal, nears conclusion.
Although the council denied it was now backing the airport, it is understood that council officials privately believe the Secretary of State will find in favour of the airport, and the latest mitigation package, the third offered by the airport, is the best they are now likely to achieve. Protesters also believe council officials have backed off because of threats by the airport's owners to pursue them for costs, should they win their appeals.
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