CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new terminal at Leeds Bradford Airport have been approved subject to consultation with the Secretary of State. Leeds City Council s City Plans Panel gave its approval to the scheme at a meeting yesterday. This follows approval in principle last month for the £150 million scheme. After the decision Vincent Hodder, CEO of Leeds Bradford Airport, said: “We are delighted that our plans for a replacement terminal have been awarded planning consent by Leeds City Council, enabling us to become an outstanding net zero airport, delivering a much-improved passenger experience and creating thousands of jobs, helping to support our region’s recovery.
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COUNCILLORS are calling for measures to protect local residents after a plans panel decision to allow expansion at Leeds Bradford airport. Otley and Yeadon councillors Sandy Lay and Ryk Downes have written to Leeds City Council’s Director of Planning asking for further measures. Cllr Lay said: We understand that Leeds have given permission for a new terminal and night time flying but the panel asked officers to renegotiate some of the proposed planning conditions. We have therefore written to the director with suggestions which reflect the comments we have received from local residents particularly around the impact of three million extra passengers using the airport.
MORE than 200 staff and postgraduate researchers at the University of Leeds have asked a cabinet minister to call in the decision on Leeds Bradford Airport. The airport’s planning application was given conditional approval by Leeds City Council on February 11 but campaigners say there should be Government-intervention as it threatens the UK s legally adopted net-zero target. Impact on the climate needs to be assessed The signatories, including 46 professors and associate professors, say that expanding LBA’s passenger numbers by 75 per cent exceeds the maximum rate of growth that the Climate Change Committee considers compatible with the UK’s legally adopted net-zero target.
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