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London Assembly committee voices concerns about Heathrow third runway

Deniz Huseyin
17 December 2025
Leonie Cooper: The impact of aircraft noise on many Londoners’ quality of life is already too great, and any expansion would cause significant additional noise, air quality and climate impacts
Leonie Cooper: The impact of aircraft noise on many Londoners’ quality of life is already too great, and any expansion would cause significant additional noise, air quality and climate impacts

 

A third runway at Heathrow Airport would reverse recent improvements to air quality and cause “harmful” levels of noise pollution, the London Assembly Environment Committee has warned.

Expanding the airport would undermine both London and the UK’s climate goals, including the capital’s target for reducing fossil fuel emissions by 2030, it says.

In a letter to Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, the committee says the expansion plans are at odds with the Climate Change...

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