Lydd Airport Appeal Guaranteed (L.A.A.G.)

Lydd Airport Action Group (L.A.A.G.) are expecting a long legal battle to overturn the planning applications for the expansion of Lydd Airport which were approved last night (March 3).
In a press release seen by FUTS and believed to be distributed to all councillors and probably other outlets, L.A.A.G. state ‘Our legal advisor Matthew Horton QC has confirmed that the decision is contrary to European Law as the councillors have not correctly interpreted the Habitats Regulations.

‘We have requested the Government Office of the South East to call in this planning application for a public inquiry as it fulfills four of the five criteria used to assess whether a public inquiry is applicable. We are confident that the decision will be overturned in a public inquiry on the correct interpretation of the European Habitats Regulations.’

L.A.A.G. also claim the nuclear safety issue was ‘dismissed by Shepway and say they can show the methodology used to assess crash damage risk was flawed.

Before the meeting last night groups for and against the expansion had vowed to take the case appeal. In the local press L.A.A.G. figurehead Louise Barton had spoken of her expectation that the case would go to appeal whatever the outcome.