Crawley Borough Council, Horsham District Council and Mid Sussex District Council also asked questions about the effectiveness and quality of the public consultation into the proposals, which ended on December 1. When the consultation started, the Crawley council, acting on behalf of nine other councils, including Mid Sussex and Horsham, commissioned York Aviation to review aspects of the documents. Over in Horsham, Lynn Lambert, cabinet member for planning & development, said the proposals had the potential to ‘negatively impact Horsham District in a number of ways’. “We are also raising concerns about the effectiveness and quality of the public consultation.”It was a view shared by Jonathan Ash-Edwards, leader of Mid Sussex District Council. Alison Bennett, Liberal Democrat group leader in Mid Sussex, said: “The Liberal Democrats’ national policy is clear: we oppose any expansion of Gatwick.

Source: The Times December 03, 2021 22:56 UTC