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Lydd Airport Planning Application Submitted9.39.46am GMT Tue 19th Dec 2006
A planning application for a new passenger terminal and extended runway at a Lydd (London Ashford) Airport has been submitted. The plans seek to build capacity at the airport to 500,000 passengers a year and offer flights further afield than presently. The BBC reports that more public consultation is planned now the applications are in the hands of Shepway District Council. Overall, Lydd Airport is proposing to increase passenger numbers at Lydd Airport from 4500 per annum in 2003 to 2 million per annum in 2011, and to further increase number to 6 million per annum by 2021. This would make the airport comparable to Luton Airport today. Incoming Boeing 737 passenger aircraft flights from France, Italy and Germany will pass over Folkestone (coming inland at Capel, following the A259 over Folkestone, Hythe and then along the Marsh before landing at Lydd) while those from Spain and Portugal will pass over Winchelsea and Rye. All incoming flight paths will then pass over Dymchurch and St Marys Bay before flying over the residential areas of Littlestone and Greatstone at less than 600 feet. Liberal Democrat campaigner Peter Carroll has long been opposed to additional expansion at Lydd airport. Peter says: "The proposed expansion will devastate the Marsh environment. As well as the aircraft noise and pollution there will be many extra car journeys to and from the airport. Our road network simply won't cope. The quality of life of Marsh residents will be devastated." Related Links:Keep the Marsh Special Alliance
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