Press Release

BAA Gatwick publishes interim master plan


16 October 2006

The interim master plan takes account of the views and opinions of those who contributed to the consultation process and replaces the outline master plan originally published in March 2005.

The new document benefits significantly from the airport’s consideration of people’s views on the consultation.

The interim master plan remains substantially similar to the original outline master plan. It first considers Gatwick Airport and what it will look like in 2015, with a proposed passenger figure of 40 million per annum based on a two terminal, one runway airport. Secondly it looks at two scenarios for 2030: one, as at present, with a single runway; one with a possible wide-spaced second runway. The second scenario is in response to the Government’s White Paper.

However the airport remains committed to the legal agreement not to build a second runway before 2019.

“A lot of very important work has been conducted since the outline master plan was published,” Paul Griffiths, Managing Director of BAA Gatwick said. “We are grateful to all those who have contributed to the process which has greatly assisted our work on the plan.”

The interim master plan sets out our development plans for the future and has been published prior to the conclusion of a number of local studies in the area, including for example the Crawley Local Development Framework and the future of the Gatwick Express. The final master plan will be updated to reflect the outcome of these studies.

Notes to Editors
The master plan process allows for public involvement in considering the implications of future airport growth on the environment, the economy, passenger needs and the local population. This is a provision of the Government’s White Paper, “The Future of Air Transport”, in December 2003.

Download Gatwick Airport's Interim Master Plan (764KB PDF) (Link to saved PDF, see same name file)

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