The National Trust opposes expansion of Stansted Airport in the light of the adverse effects that one, two or three new runways would have on the local, regional and national environment especially internationally important, Hatfield Forest, which is the last remaining intact medieval hunting forest in Europe.

For full National Trust press release (Word document) click here

For the Woodland Trust’s report (.pdf file) “Flight path to destruction: The impact of UK airport expansion plans on ancient woodland” click here. The report, published on Wednesday 20 November, outlines how the threat posed by the Government’s airport extension plans, which cover 19 existing or new airport sites across Britain, would destroy or damage 60 irreplaceable ancient woods.

To sign the Woodland Trust’s on line petition against airport expansion click here