The London Luton Airport Expansion application has today been
granted development consent by the Secretary of State for
Transport.
The application comprises the expansion of London Luton Airport
from its current permitted cap of 18 million passengers per annum
(mppa) up to 32 million mppa, including: new terminal capacity;
additional taxiways and other transport infrastructure; the
construction of landside support buildings; surface access
adjustments; mitigation works and other associated
development.
The application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for
consideration by London Luton Airport Limited on 27 February 2023
and accepted for examination on 27 March 2023.
Following an examination during which the public, statutory
consultees and interested parties were given the opportunity to
give evidence to the Examining Authority, recommendations were
made to the Secretary of State on 10 May 2024.
This is the 57th transport application out of 152 applications
examined to date and was again completed by the Planning
Inspectorate within the statutory timescale laid down in the
Planning Act 2008.
Local communities continue to be given the opportunity of being
involved in the examination of projects that may affect them.
Local people, the local authority and other interested parties
were able to participate in this six-month examination.
The Examining Authority listened and gave full consideration to
all local views and the evidence gathered during the examination
before making its recommendation to the Secretary of
State.
The decision, the recommendation made by the Examining Authority
to the Secretary of State for Transport and the evidence
considered by the Examining Authority in reaching its
recommendation are publicly available on the project
pages of the National Infrastructure Planning website.
