The £100 million rehabilitation proposal, announced yesterday (Monday, October 16), would include a 9,500 square meter, three-story expansion to the existing terminal, as well as a considerable repair of the existing facility. Leeds City Council has already authorized the expansion work, which is set to begin in autumn 2023 and is due to be completed in 2026.
Additional aircraft stands, more seating, speedier security, new shops and eateries, a larger baggage reclaim area and immigration hall, and improved access for those with limited mobility would benefit passengers.
GALBA (Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport) indicated in a statement to the Yorkshire Evening Post that they had no issue to modernizing the terminal in a way that reduced its present carbon footprint.
“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.
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