Motion

S5M-04708
Clear Custom BB Revised PDF PDF Tuesday 21 March 2023
Neil Findlay
Members' Business Motion Lodged: 20/03/2017 Achieved Cross-party Support for Members’ Business

Flawed Airport Consultation

That the Parliament notes what it sees as the growing concerns about Edinburgh Airport’s plan to introduce new flight paths; understands that around 120 people attended the latest in a series of public meetings in Livingston to voice their opposition; believes that a number of flaws within the consultation have been identified, including the lack of inclusion of a health impact assessment of the proposed changes to airspace use since 2014, despite a number of residents reporting mental and physical health effects due to increased noise over their homes, the lack of evidence for the assertion that 25,000 fewer properties will be overflown as a result of the changes, that Winchburgh and East Calder residents were informed through the first consultation that they would not be affected by any proposed changes but have since found that they will be affected by new plans, and the use of outdated census data from 2011 as the basis for the consultation, and notes calls for the Scottish Government to urge the Civil Aviation Authority to demand that Edinburgh Airport scraps what is considered this flawed consultation and begins the process again with up-to-date information and a more robust and credible consultation process.

Supported by:

  • Alex Rowley
  • Andy Wightman
  • John Finnie
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Elaine Smith
  • Richard Leonard
  • Kezia Dugdale
  • Alison Johnstone
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
Last Updated: 21/3 1:40am
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