Opposition To Airport Expansion
The airport was originally restricted to 28,000 movements each year, of which no more than 2,500 were permitted at weekends. In October 2005, TAG applied to Rushmoor Borough Council to have the weekend limit raised from 2,500 movements to 5,000 movements. The application was initially refused, but allowed by the Government on appeal in March 2008 after being heard at a Public Inquiry. A further application for an increase in the overall limit to 50,000 movements per annum was refused by Rushmoor Borough Council in 2009 and an appeal against this refusal was heard in May 2010. In February 2011 the joint Secretaries of State decided to uphold the planning appeal and allow an increase in the number of permitted annual movements at the airport to 50,000. The increase in movements will be phased to reach 50,000 in 2019. The neutrality of the government was questioned by the Green Party of England and Wales after Eric Pickles, local government minister, attended a lobbying dinner where TAG chief executive, Brandon O'Reilly was present.
Opposition to the business airport has been chronicled by Blackwater Environmental Justice and Farnborough Aerodrome Residents Association (FARA) was formed by the local community to oppose the airport expansion.
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