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2035 opening date set as Heathrow third runway and expansion joins major projects portfolio

Peter Stonham
15 May 2026
 

The Government’s intention of the delivery of a third runway at Heathrow by 2035, supported by a development consent order by 2029, has been set out in a letter to Hannah Newell, recently made Senior Responsible Owner for the Heathrow Expansion Programme at DfT.

The letter, by the Department’s Permanent Secretary Jo Shanmugalingam, dated 28 April, confirms that the Expansion Programme has joined the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) from 1 April. It sets out how the...

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