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By Press Association 2021 A plane lands at Heathrow Airport Plans for a third runway at Heathrow have been given a major boost after the airport’s owner won a Supreme Court challenge. Heathrow Airport Ltd successfully overturned an earlier ruling that the Government had failed to take account of its own climate commitments when it approved the scheme. The west London airport said the latest decision will “allow global Britain to become a reality”. Environmental groups and other opponents of the expansion project described the outco...

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow have been given a major boost after the airport's owner won a Supreme Court challenge. Heathrow Airport Ltd successfully overturned an earlier ruling that the Government had failed to take account of its own climate commitments when it approved the scheme. Three leading judges concluded in February that former transport secretary Chris Grayling failed to take account of the Government's commitments to tackling climate change when setting out support for the project in an Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS). They said the ANPS was unlawful bec...

Court lifts Heathrow third runway ban The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on Heathrow Airport’s proposed third runway. However, the Supreme Court has today ruled that the Paris Agreement was adequately considered by former transport secretary Chris Grayling when he approved the expansion in June 2018. Lord Sales explained: “The secretary of state had regard to the advice of the Committee on Climate Change that the existing targets under the Climate Change Act (2008) sufficiently took account of the Paris Agreement at that time. “The secretary of state also drew up the ANPS to ensure th...

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3 months old This article is more than 3 months old Tim Crosland faces investigation after breaking embargo on airport expansion judgment The supreme court ruling means Heathrow can seek a consent order to develop a third runway. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP The supreme court ruling means Heathrow can seek a consent order to develop a third runway. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP PAMedia Wed 16 Dec 2020 11.07 EST Last modified on Wed 16 Dec 2020 14.14 EST The UK’s supreme court will refer a lawyer who broke the embargo on its ruling on Heathrow airport to the attorney general and the Bar Standar...