GOOD NEWS: £100 million terminal development at Leeds Bradford Airport will finally begin, according to LBA

“Flights cause the overwhelming majority of LBA’s climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions,” stated group chair Chris Foren, “and there are two important points to note about the 2019 planning permission.”

One is that it does not permit a rise in passenger numbers exceeding five million per year. LBA signed an agreement with Leeds City Council that compels it to file a new planning application in order to exceed five million passengers per year. And, two, it does not alter the restrictions that limit the number of planes permitted at night.

GALBA strongly opposes LBA’s current CLEUD attempts to reinterpret such rules in order to allow for increased nighttime flying. GALBA will continue to oppose any plans to increase the number of flights from LBA due to the severely harmful effects on the environment, noise levels, and air pollution.