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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In a ruling handed down this week, the Supreme Court has removed a legal block preventing the development of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The legal claim brought by environmental campaign groups Friends of the Earth and Plan B sought to challenge the legality of the governments National Policy Statement on airport capacity, which is the framework against which any future application fo...

Heathrow Airport: Supreme Court gives go-ahead for third runway, despite climate campaigns The Supreme Court has decided to allow the Heathrow Airport expansion, despite the fact that the Court of Appeal ruled it unlawful on climate grounds earlier this year. Pictured: An artists impression of the expanded airport from above One of the lawyers fighting against the expansion, Tim Crosland of Plan B Earth, released a statement on Twitter late on Tuesday (15 December) revealing the decision. He br...

Horrifying Sunnica solar farm the size of 900 football pitches opposed by two government ministers The solar plant would take up much of the rural landscape Updated The landscape could become more industrial (Image: Say No to Sunnica) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accorda...