Members of the public, including local residents, landowners and other stakeholders, have just under one week left to respond to London Gatwick’s consultation on minor changes to its Northern Runway proposal.

The airport’s application to bring its Northern Runway into routine use, alongside its Main Runway, was accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate on 03 August 2023.

Since then, London Gatwick has refined its proposal and identified three discrete changes to reduce its environmental impact even further, while also providing additional design flexibility. 

The deadline to respond to the consultation is 23:59 on 21 January 2024.

The airport proposes making the three separate changes to the Project. Detailed information on these changes and information on how to submit responses to the consultation is available on the airport’s website here.

These views will be taken into account before the airport submits a request to amend its DCO application to the Planning Inspectorate. It will be for the Planning Inspectorate to decide if the changes can be made to the application and included in the examination.

The airport’s Northern Runway plan would create around 14,000 new jobs and inject £1 billion into the region’s economy every year from increased tourism, trade, supply-chain, and other business opportunities.

Tim Norwood, Chief Planning Officer, London Gatwick, said: “Our engagement with the public and stakeholders to date has been invaluable in helping us shape our Northern Runway plans. However, since the submission of our DCO application we have identified a number of small improvements we would like to make to our proposal. We are therefore asking for views on three discrete changes to our plans and would welcome any feedback people may want to make.”

Information on the progress of this planning application can be found on the Planning Inspectorate website here