The hearing for the legal challenge against Newham Council in regard of the approval to allow London City Airport to expand to 120,000 flights per year is to take place this thursday:
18-19th November 2010, expected start time of the hearing is 10.30am for 1,1/2 days.
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London
The grounds of challenge are:
There are three aspects to Fight the Flights claim. In summary they are:
(1) that Newham failed to have regard to the Government’s policy on climate change and aviation;
(2) that Newham failed to consult relevant neighbouring local authorities; and
(3) Newham failed to consult the residents of those boroughs.
A copy of the legal grounds are available on request / or on our website at http://fighttheflights.com/.
