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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #45 on: January 15, 2009, 04:08:52 PM »
Quote from: Barman on January 15, 2009, 03:53:09 PM

It seems unlikely that it will get through - why give it the green light then...?  rubschin:

I think I have just answered my own question! cussing:
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #46 on: January 15, 2009, 04:17:50 PM »
I have a question about this, Seeing as Heathrow is owned by a private company how are they going to get the villagers to move. Something tells me that compulsory purchase orders are not going to have much of a chance here. Even if they do get one, the appeal would drag through teh courts.
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #47 on: January 15, 2009, 04:20:10 PM »
Not given Gordon's new planning laws where Local Authorities and Government can bypass all the old consent requirements and just plough on "in the national interest" as if there is nothing in their way.
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #48 on: January 15, 2009, 04:20:51 PM »
And Boris is against it too!  cloud9:
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #49 on: January 15, 2009, 04:23:16 PM »
Boris wants a new airport in the Thames Estuary. Seems like a good plan to me when you look at the mess of waste scrub land that sits from Barking Creek all the way to Southend.
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #50 on: January 15, 2009, 04:24:24 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on January 15, 2009, 04:20:10 PM
Not given Gordon's new planning laws where Local Authorities and Government can bypass all the old consent requirements and just plough on "in the national interest" as if there is nothing in their way.

This is where the European Court of Human Rights plays a part. If a case is proceeding then it doesnt matter what law Gordin passed, does it?
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #51 on: January 15, 2009, 04:25:38 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on January 15, 2009, 04:24:24 PM
Quote from: Snoopy on January 15, 2009, 04:20:10 PM
Not given Gordon's new planning laws where Local Authorities and Government can bypass all the old consent requirements and just plough on "in the national interest" as if there is nothing in their way.

This is where the European Court of Human Rights plays a part. If a case is proceeding then it doesnt matter what law Gordin passed, does it?

That seems to be Greenpeace's hope anyway. We will see. I've emailed an offer to buy 3 square inches of that field of theirs.
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #52 on: January 15, 2009, 04:26:06 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on January 15, 2009, 04:23:16 PM
Boris wants a new airport in the Thames Estuary. Seems like a good plan to me when you look at the mess of waste scrub land that sits from Barking Creek all the way to Southend.
Starting again is the only option...

Anybody that has tried to get in or out of Heathrow recently (or even drive past it on the M25) must realise that...  noooo:
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #53 on: January 15, 2009, 04:27:23 PM »
I've just thought, how old are these villages and what are the criteria for getting a building listed status. That could throw a spanner in the works.
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #54 on: January 16, 2009, 11:45:32 AM »
The matter has already been decided. The Government has refused a debate or vote in Parliament, they have already taken the powers to override any planning laws including listed buildings etc. Greenpeace have purchased a field that stands in the way of the proposed development and are selling bits of it off. They hope that having thousands of people each owning a small piece of the field will cause the Government huge problems in making the necessary compulsory purchase orders. It will however, they accept, not in itself actually stop the Government ..... just slow it down.
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #55 on: January 16, 2009, 11:46:48 AM »
The NY plane crash yesterday ought to act as a reminder. New airport on the Thames or new runway next to the M25/M4 junction?
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #56 on: January 16, 2009, 11:55:46 AM »
That was scary!   eeek:
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #57 on: January 16, 2009, 11:58:49 AM »
Happy landings!
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #58 on: January 16, 2009, 11:59:16 AM »
Scary indeed but I had to laugh at the Yank Passenger I heard being interviewed who said "I saw water coming into the cabin and thought this is it I'm going to drown to death"

Well death does tend to be the inevitable outcome of drowning  noooo:
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Re: Heathrow plans crash zone on motorway
« Reply #59 on: January 16, 2009, 12:00:14 PM »
If all goes according to government plan, construction would start in 2015


And there was I thinking the bulldozers would be moving today.
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