Luton Airport expansion plans for 32 million passengers, up from…
Luton Rising, the Luton Council company that owns London Luton Airport, has submitted its application for expansion. The Development Consent Order (DCO) application comprises 198 documents, with over 25,000 detailed pages of proposals and plans. It seeks consent to expand the airport from its current permitted cap of 18 million passengers per annum (mppa) to 32 mppa, including new terminal capacity; earthworks to create an extension to the current airfield platform; new airside and landside facilities; enhancement of the surface access network; extension of the Luton DART; landscaping and ecological improvements; and further infrastructure enhancements and initiatives to support the target of achieving zero-emission ground operations by 2040. Andrew Lambourne, speaking for anti-noise campaign group LADACAN, said the proposal “would create noise blight across north Hertfordshire, with flights increasingly starting at five in the morning and running on into the early hours, keeping thousands more people awake at night. The harms outweigh any possible benefits.” .Tweet Luton Airport expansion plans for 32 million passengers submitted 28.2.2023 (BBC) Plans to expand London Luton Airport and increase passenger numbers from 18 million to 32 million a year have been submitted. Luton Rising, the Luton Council company that owns the airport, said it could generate £1.5bn per year and create thousands of new jobs. But anti-noise campaigners have called the expansion plans “tragic”. An application for a development consent order has been submitted to the government’s Planning Inspectorate. The expansion plans include new terminal capacity, an extension to the current airfield platform and new airside and landside facilities. Passengers are due to start using the new DART airport shuttle service in March A council spokesman said the airport was “one of the largest employers in the area, contributing enormously to the region’s economic vibrancy on an annual basis, whilst itself increasing significantly in value as an asset in its own right through successive tranches of investment”. “We anticipate it will provide an additional £14m each year for communities in Luton and the surrounding areas,” he said. “For every additional passenger above the airport’s current capacity, it will be able to invest an extra £1 into local communities, helping to tackle deprivation.” ‘Harm outweighs benefits’ However, Andrew Lambourne, a spokesman for local protest group Luton and District Associ
