Press Release

Gatwick Airport signs up to new legal commitments

 

05 January 2009

London Gatwick Airport has signed a new legal agreement with West Sussex County Council and Crawley Borough Council. The agreement outlines how the airport’s operation, growth and environmental impacts will be managed responsibly. It underpins the important relationship between the airport owner and its local authorities with responsibility for planning, environmental management and highways.

The new legal agreement, reached after a process of consultation and discussion with a wide range of stakeholders, contains wide ranging objectives and obligations. In addition to West Sussex County Council and Crawley Borough Council, in whose areas the airport lies, seven other adjoining councils were consulted.

This new agreement and London Gatwick Airport’s interim master plan supersede the Gatwick Airport Sustainable Development Strategy, published in July 2000 and the original legal agreement signed in 2001. The new agreement will run until the end of 2015.

“The signing of this agreement between the airport and our two local authorities is of great importance to all of us and builds on the original ground-breaking agreement,” Andy Flower Managing Director London Gatwick Airport said. “It will bring significant benefits to the airport and the community it serves and affects. It demonstrates a desire for all those involved to see the airport grow to 40 million passengers per year and to delivering new capacity for the south east, whilst balancing our environmental impacts. We are entering a new chapter in Gatwick’s history with the sale of this national asset and this legal agreement continues to define Gatwick’s future and the role it will play in the local, regional and national economy.”

The key issues addressed in the agreement include climate change; air quality; noise; surface access; land use, development and bio-diversity; community and the economy; action planning and monitoring and reporting.

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