The boss of Gatwick airport today said he was “optimistic” about being given the all clear to create a full-scale second runway by the Government by February.
He was speaking as a planning inspectorate examination of Gatwick’s £2.2billion Northern Runway proposals enters its final days before concluding on Tuesday. The panel of inspectors are due to give their formal recommendation to the Government by late November with a decision from ministers expected within three months of that — more than eight years after the runway was first proposed.
