leeds city council

Press Release: Twice as Many Leeds Residents Object to LBA's Plans than Support

On deadline day, twice as many Leeds residents object to Leeds Bradford Airport's expansion plans as support them. On 17th September...

Press Release: Leeds City Council Fails to Answer Legal Letter from GALBA on Pre-COVID Jobs Claims

Leeds City Council fails to answer legal letter from airport campaigners warning it would be ‘unlawful’ to approve Leeds Bradford...

Press Release: Leeds University Climate Scientists Object to Leeds Bradford Airport Expansion

Leeds University climate scientists object to Leeds Bradford Airport expansion, warning that the airport would produce more greenhouse...

Press Release: Communities, MPs & Councillors Oppose LBA's Plans, Help Needed for Redundant Workers

Airport campaigners praise West Yorkshire communities, MPs and councillors and for opposing Leeds Bradford Airport expansion and call on...

Press Release: Natural England Warns LCC that LBA’s Expansion Plans Put Local Countryside at Risk

Commenting on plans to expand Leeds Bradford Airport, the countryside watchdog Natural England has told Leeds City Council that “there is...

Press Release: LBA CEO ‘Economical with the Facts’ about Noise from from Proposed Airport Expansion

Airport campaigners have accused LBA’s chief executive of being selective with the facts in a letter he sent to local councillors and...

Press Release: GALBA Calls on Government & LCC to Help Airport Workers Move into Sustainable Jobs

The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has written to all Leeds MPs and Leeds City Council asking them to help local people find...

Stop Leeds Bradford Expansion - Protect Our Greenbelt!

We’ve all seen LBA’s drawings of the proposed new terminal. But the Council’s landscape team think it will be a blot on the landscape and...

Press Release: Airport Campaigners Challenge LBA Statement About Extra Noise from Proposed Expansion

On Wednesday 2 June, the Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport shared some key findings about the extra noise that people would...

Press Release: Airport Campaigners Welcome Support from Youth Strike 4 Climate and Alex Sobel MP

The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport is delighted that Leeds Youth Strike 4 Climate has joined the campaign to stop airport...

Leeds City Council: "Resist Temptation to Resume Past Behaviours with Environmental Consequences"

Leeds City Council have released their Executive Report 2020-05-19. In it, it says climate change is one of the three pillars of Leeds...

Leeds Citizen' Jury Recommendations Published: No to the Airport Expansion

Last November, following two months of research & deliberation, the Leeds Climate Change Citizens’ Jury released their recommendations to...

Press Release: Protesters Slam Airport Expansion Plans as Unsustainable and Unnecessary

Campaigners have criticised Leeds Bradford Airport’s expansion plans, set out in a planning application published by Leeds City Council...

LBA Will Soon Submit its Expansion Planning Application

We know for certain that Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) will submit its expansion planning application to Leeds City Council imminently....

Leeds City Council's Carbon Reduction Money Would be Wasted by LBA Expansion

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Runway climate change!

Expanded airport will blow entire Leeds carbon budget. When Leeds City Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 they committed the...