CAA must take its decision again, giving proper consideration to maintaining 2012 flight pattern
In a dramatic turn of events, the Civil Aviation Authority has conceded Plane Justice’s judicial review claim on all grounds, and its April 2017 decision making the current Gatwick departure Route 4 permanent will be quashed by the High Court following the signing of a consent order by the parties.
The CAA was due to be in Court on 20th February for a full 2 day hearing, but having not come up with any detailed grounds of defence to our claim, they have now admitted their decision was wrong and conceded on all the grounds of claim.
The CAA have conceded in the consent order: that they were WRONG to ignore existing patterns of traffic and the value of leaving the Route in its 2012 location, WRONG because they failed to require that Gatwick consult on the design of the Route that was introduced in May 2016, they concede they were also WRONG in saying that magnetic drift was a sufficient reason to move the Route, as their quashed decision hadasserted.
The CAA have been duly called to account, and the CAA and Gatwick are flying a Route based on a decision that has now been pronounced unlawful.
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