Airport owners to appeal against terminal planning permission rejection
24.09.07
Coventry Airport is to appeal against the refusal of planning consent for a new passenger terminal. Permission for a terminal capable of handling up to 2 million passengers a year was rejected in June following a public inquiry. An airport spokesman said that it had now formally lodged an appeal against the decision.
The airport owners want a new passenger terminal to replace the existing one, which they say was only ever intended to be a temporary structure. The spokesman said: 'We are waiting for an appeal date for the High Court.'
'We have been warned that this can take up to 12 months. We believe that the outcome of the first inquiry was seriously flawed in law. If we can have a second inquiry, new evidence will be allowed to be heard.'
Coventry Airport's chief executive, Alan Robinson, said the airport has a major part to play in the city's economic regeneration. He said that thousands of customers, as well as local MPs, councillors and businesses support their bid for an appeal.
The planning inquiry inspector ruled that consent for the new terminal should be turned down on the grounds of 'sustainability.' He thought plans for extra buses to the airport were not likely to materialise in the time suggested.
A second inquiry could cost millions of pounds and take up to 21 months, as the first was estimated to have cost around £10m.
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