The expansion would see the emergency runway moved 12 metres north to accommodate around 100,000 more flights a year.

11:32, Tue, Aug 4, 2026 Updated: 11:39, Tue, Aug 4, 2026

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A decision has been made on Gatwick Airport's huge £2.2billion expansion plans (Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Campaigners have lost a bid to take their legal fight against the Government over plans to expand Gatwick Airport to the Court of Appeal. Plans to expand Gatwick Airport look set to proceed after Peter Barclay and campaign group Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions (Cagne) took legal action against the Department for Transport over the decision to approve the plans.

The £2.2 billion expansion, approved by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in September, will see the West Sussex airport move its emergency runway 12 metres north to accommodate around 100,000 more flights a year. The campaigners also claimed the Government did not properly assess the climate impact of the scheme.

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