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Ryanair has lodged an objection against operator Dublin Airport Authority’s (DAA) plans to build a tunnel under the airport.

The Irish airline believes the £175M proposal will “contribute towards an excessively high per passenger price cap and damage the recovery of Irish aviation”. BMA Planning has submitted the objection on behalf…

The States of Guernsey will vote on whether to move ahead with plans to expand and refurbish the airport on the island of Alderney at an inflated cost of £24M, double the £12M sum agreed in 2019.

The plan is known is Option C+ and will involve resurfacing, widening and strengthening…

The autonomous light rail link being built to connect Luton Airport with Luton Parkway station has been delayed again.

The rail link, known as Luton DART, was originally due to open in 2021 but was pushed back to the end of 2022 following delays during incurred during the pandemic. A spokesperson…

New transport secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has backed the expansion of Heathrow Airport during a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

During the meeting, Trevelyan declared herself a “supporter” of the plans to build a third runway and downplayed environmental concerns attached to it, citing emerging clean fuels. The…

In early September, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced that the examination period for infrastructure projects could be shortened from six months to four months, that there would be a forthcoming infrastructure action plan and that there would be fixed timescales for non-material amendments to Development Consent…

In last week’s mini budget, the UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng made renewed commitments to address the UK’s “slow” and “fragmented” planning system. As well as applying tax incentives for businesses within proposed new “investment zones”, Kwarteng announced they would serve as “designated development sites” within which planning processes would be…

Prime minister Liz Truss suggested that the powers of the Planning Inspectorate may be dialled back so that local authorities’ planning decisions are not overturned.

During her first Prime Minister’s Questions, Conservative MP for Worthing West Sir Peter Bottomley asked: “Will this prime minister look at why the Planning Inspectorate is…

New transport secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan takes on the role at a time when key decisions on multiple major projects hang in the balance.

Trevelyan was announced as prime minister Liz Truss' transport secretary on Tuesday and she inherits a number of projects awaiting planning and funding decisions. Stonehenge Tunnel Previous transport…

Prime minister Liz Truss has officially appointed MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed Anne-Marie Trevelyan as the new transport secretary, replacing Grant Shapps and putting her in charge of major planning decisions related to roads, rails, airports and more – but what do we know about her?

Trevelyan entered her post as MP for…

The proposed reopening of Manston Airport in Kent - given the go ahead last month, despite planners recommending that its development consent order application (DCO) be refused - is not the only blocked airport expansion to be overturned in recent months.

So, why does this keep happening - and what is…