Rachel Reeves announced in February 2025 that the Government will be going ahead with planning for a 3rd runway at Heathrow Airport despite the obvious impact that will have on speeding us to 2 degrees and more of warming.
The Standard has now published a map of the immediate area affected by the plans.
The third runway project really began to take shape in 2006 when the Department for Transport published a report mooting the possibility.A public consultation was run the following year and in 2009 draft plans were published suggesting the need to compulsorily purchase and demolish approximately 700 homes, mostly in Sipson.
Residents were offered the chance to sell their homes to the airport for their full market price. To sweeten the pill the airport would also pay for the stamp duty on their onward home, and for their moving costs.
Here's another map of the area affected by the plans for a 3rd runway...
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