Supreme Court overturns ruling blocking third runway at Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport has been given the green light to seek planning permission for a third runway after the Supreme Court overturned a ruling that the development was unlawful.

In February the Court of Appeal said the expansion could not go ahead because the Government failed to take into account its commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Legal action had been brought against the Government by environmental charities Plan B and Friends of the Earth.

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Heathrow challenged the ruling and the Supreme Court announced this morning that it has overturned the block on the third runway.

Lord Sales, delivering the verdict, said: “The Supreme Court unanimously allows the appeal.