Environment ‘must give legal justification for approving airport work’

Monday 17th October 2011, 11:30AM BST.

Shane Langlois A JUDICIAL review will be brought against Environment if it fails legally to justify giving approval to the airport project, a West deputy has said.

Deputy Shane Langlois (pictured) said he would be attending the department’s open planning meeting tomorrow to see if its board accepted proposals that would see the airport boundary move 120 metres west into green fields.

‘If things were to go that way we would definitely look at bringing a judicial review as we believe that the board can’t give its approval without following certain procedures set out in legislation,’ he said.

He added he would wait and see the outcome of the meeting.

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GAC

October 17, 2011 at 11:36 pm

If proper procedure had been followed from the outset it would all be over now. But PSD just couldn’t be bothered to follow the rules.

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soph

October 18, 2011 at 12:46 pm

I have sympathy with those up north with rubbish disposal, proposed sewage plans and heck! incinerator or whatever?

Never mind, our deputies know what they are voting in (for sure cough cough)

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