Travel Weekly
Phil Davies
11 Dec 2025

Local anti-airport expansion campaigners have been handed a date for a High Court legal challenge against plans to bring a second runway into use at Gatwick.

A four-day hearing is to start of January 20 following a claim for a judicial review led by Communities against Gatwick Noise Emissions (Cagne).

The group is opposed to a £2,2 billion privately-funded scheme to bring the airport’s standby runway into full use by moving it 12 metres to allow for more flights.

It filed a legal challenge claiming the impact of the expansion on climate change has not been properly assessed and development consent should be not have been granted as a result...

Campaigners win date for legal challenge against Gatwick expansion - Travel Weekly News - 11 Dec 2025

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