Airport seeks legal clarification on night flying

[Snackbar]

What is the chance of her being elected?

Very good I’d think given the state of the parties at the moment…….the new ward is an amalgamation of Stuart Andrew’s and Sobel’s old area. If the Tories weren’t in such a mess it would have been unlikely she’d win, but I suspect unless something massively changes its fairly certain she will get in.

 

[White Heather]

The airports main purpose in submitting these CLEUDS is to ensure it can continue operating at today's night movement levels. Not to increase them. If they are unsuccessful, they will have restrictions reapplied that will reduce the number if movements one way or another.

Yes, if the new quieter aircraft are exempt then in years to come there could be more night flights using much quieter aircraft, but for now there aren't enough of them based here to make any difference. Even in the future the increase is likely to be minimal, certainly until all the new stands are built and Jet2 upgrade their LBA based fleet.

 

[Aviador]

Well this her statement on LBA
”I want to see the jobs and opportunities provided by Leeds Bradford Airport protected, while preventing any attempt to increase night flights via a backdoor. I believe we must accelerate the move to lower carbon flying as part of our transition to a modern, net-zero economy”

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Katie White, fighting to be selected for the Labour Party Parliamentary nomination for Leeds North West

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**For a climate activist I actually think that's quite a positive statement considering it's specifically relating to LBA.

***She knows she can say what she wants about night flying because the decision isn't going to be made by her/ The outcome wont matter politically because it is being decided by solicitors not council or government.

****Interestingly she is more realistic in not holding out for a zero carbon flying world, instead she supports a move to lower carbon emissions.

 

[GolfFox]

**For a climate activist I actually think that's quite a positive statement considering it's specifically relating to LBA.

***She knows she can say what she wants about night flying because the decision isn't going to be made by her/ The outcome wont matter politically because it is being decided by solicitors not council or government.

****Interestingly she is more realistic in not holding out for a zero carbon flying world, instead she supports a move to lower carbon emissions.

Indeed and I guess that it will not be lost upon her that many airport employees will live on her patch.

 

[Aviador]

What is the chance of her being elected?

Given Labour already have the seat in a period when people are losing confidence in the government, I'd say pretty high. We all know politicians say one thing and do another though from whichever political persuasion they are. Its the one thing politicians are consistent at.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Typical Labour. Put an anti airport MP in the airport constituency, taking over exactly where Sobel left off.

Another useless brain dead moron for Labour. And she's also backed by Alex - no surprise. All as bad as each other and all have an influence over Leeds council. Hence the anti road, anti airport, anti car stance. As I've highlighted in a recent complaint to the council, Labour MP's of Leeds/Leeds labour council is lead by people with the intelligence of a lamppost and common sense of jelly.

 

[lbaspotter]

So I take it tomorrow is the day we've all be waiting for. I await with baited breath Leeds City Council's decision.

 

[Aviador]

So I take it tomorrow is the day we've all be waiting for. I await with baited breath Leeds City Council's decision.

Bated unless you're holding a carrot in your mouth.

 

[Snackbar]

So I take it tomorrow is the day we've all be waiting for. I await with bated breath Leeds City Council's decision.

Delayed until next year! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-67489078

 

[JRP]

Delayed until next year! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-67489078

What an absolute joke the council is, let’s hope LBA take them to the cleaners over this

 

[Hendi]

Lba must have agreed to the delay?

 

[radar]

The delays are good news - the outcome will be politically embarrassing, so they’re kicking it down the road as long as possible.

The airport is obviously confident about the outcome, for it to agree to the delays.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Well that just proves my point - Leeds Council is lead by morons who lack intelligence. They'll be looking at a way to try get the result they want. James *****, Debra ******, Johnathan ***** are all a bunch of morons and don't deserve to sit in the council seats they do doing the jobs they do. Neither do any of the moronic MP's that represent this city but yet are so anti Leeds growth. Labour will kill this city of any growth eventually.

I maybe told off for this - but this screams them trying to get the judgement to go their way. Or politically avoid it for next local elections, retain their seats, and carry on. Hoping that by the time May 25 comes around the public will of forgot.

 

[HX3]

I’m not surprised by the delay, and I assume the airport agreed to it. No doubt the extra time was needed as the council had got all their references for information wrong, something the airport specialists pointed out. In my opinion even if the decision didn’t go LBA’s way which I don’t expect, but if it did, any appeal from the airport would rip them a new one based on their shambolic performance to date. Sherburnflyer92 have you considered that anyone can put themselves forward for consideration for council - you could run as an independent, then you could influence in council?

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

I’m not surprised by the delay, and I assume the airport agreed to it. No doubt the extra time was needed as the council had got all their references for information wrong, something the airport specialists pointed out. In my opinion even if the decision didn’t go LBA’s way which I don’t expect, but if it did, any appeal from the airport would rip them a new one based on their shambolic performance to date. Sherburnflyer92 have you considered that anyone can put themselves forward for consideration for council - you could run as an independent, then you could influence in council?

Sadly independents would be outnumbered by political forces that are the Labour/Tory parties. We do have Morley independents who have safe seats in the Morley area but that is all.

Personally I believe there should be no major political party involved in running councils and actually these should be ran by local people who understand local issues etc. These independent candidates are then not "whipped" by what polices some tosser in charge of the political party (whichever one) decides.

 

[GolfFox]

Well that just proves my point - Leeds Council is lead by morons who lack intelligence. They'll be looking at a way to try get the result they want. James Lewis, Debra Coupar, Johnathan Pyror are all a bunch of morons and don't deserve to sit in the council seats they do doing the jobs they do. Neither do any of the moronic MP's that represent this city but yet are so anti Leeds growth. Labour will kill this city of any growth eventually.

I maybe told off for this - but this screams them trying to get the judgement to go their way. Or politically avoid it for next local elections, retain their seats, and carry on. Hoping that by the time May 25 comes around the public will of forgot.

Lba must have agreed to the delay?

Yes - delays apparently have to be agreed in writing with the applicant. Not sure of LBA's strategy here - they could refuse and insist that a judgement is made and LCC would have to do so. The fact that they have not got sufficient 'evidence' (or perhaps competent staff) is not the problem of LBA. If LCC depart from the required judicial process they lay themselves open to an appeal. BBC reporting incorrectly as usual stating that the airport wants to run more 'journeys' and emergency flights at night which is by no means necessarily the case. No mention in the reporting anywhere that LBA have agreed to the delay.

 

[lbaspotter]

Delayed until next year! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-67489078

Why I'm I not surprised. Yet more Dither & Delay tactics by the labour run Leeds city council.

I just hope LBA have agreed to this,..

 

[LBA787]

Perhaps LBA are being cooperative with the council so as to not hinder any future proposals. You could very much imagine the council black listing any future developments based upon LBA forcing their hand this time all while openly embarrassing LCC’s sheer incompetence!

I just hope these potential niceties don’t come back to bite us in the ****! It doesn’t take too much imagination to see a potential future where LCC somehow find the tiniest loophole to save themselves of embarrassment all while once again damaging LBA and the wider Leeds City Region.

 

[White Heather]

Lba must have agreed to the delay?

Yes, they did. I have confirmation today. So LBA are not concerned about it.

I have also confirmed that the withdrawal of the second CLEUD application was very much for the reasons I suggested , and that the remaining CLEUDs, if successful, cover the same ground , meaning the withdrawn second CLEUD was somewhat superfluous..

 

[Len Fish]

Let’s hope this is a good sign that LBA are going to be successful, the Council having to try and convince the opponents that they have considered the applications thoroughly by taking much longer than the norm and the extension giving the Council time to prepare their damage limitation strategy against the uproar that a decision in favour of LBA will bring from the usual suspects.