Opponents of a plan for a commercial airport in Snowdonia are considering legal action to try to stop it, the BBC reports. Snowdonia Society director Alun Pugh, a former culture minister, told the news service that it will consider asking for a judicial review because the Welsh Assembly Government has not produced evidence that it has met all its legal requirements.
As previously reported, the former military airfield at Llanbedr near Harlech, Gwynedd, is being taken over on a 125 year lease by Kemble, who also operate a private airport in the Cotswolds.
The 3 Welsh national park societies have joined forces against the scheme for the former military airfield at Llanbedr near Harlech, Gwynedd. The Snowdonia Society, Brecon Beacons Park Society and Friends of Pembrokeshire National Park all oppose the proposal on the grounds that it would damage the local environment and economy.
Mr Pugh told The Politics Show Wales he had not seen evidence that the assembly government had met special planning requirements for national parks under the Environment Act. He said: ‘We are greatly concerned that Welsh ministers have not behaved in a fully lawful manner here.’
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