Communities minister Michael Gove recently announced public inquiry into scheme
Plans for a new 拢150m terminal at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) have been scrapped after delays and the announcement of a public inquiry into the decision.
Proposals to replace the existing terminal buildings at the airport were approved by Leeds City Council last February but after objections concerning the scheme鈥檚 contribution to climate change, the decision was referred to central government.
Then-communities secretary Robert Jenrick indefinitely postponed a decision on whether to call in the plans and in January his replacement Michael Gove announced the decision would be reviewed.
The planning application for the terminal has now been withdrawn, with airport bosses refusing to commit 鈥渁 further uncapped sum over an indefinite timeframe鈥� for this scrutiny process.
The scheme鈥檚 project team included Todd Architects, project manager Mott MacDonald, masterplanner ADP and heritage consultant Turley.
Instead, the airport will focus on developing an extension to the existing terminal, which was approved by the council in 2019.
According to airport bosses, plans for the new replacement terminal 鈥� which would have seen the existing buildings demolished 鈥� were about meeting demand.
LBA chief executive Vincent Hodder said the decision to withdraw the application was 鈥渁 setback鈥� for the airport and the region but said it was committed to making LBA an 鈥渙utstanding, decarbonised, modern airport for the future鈥�.
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