Plans to build a controversial third runway at Heathrow have been approved, with Theresa May stating the decision was taken to boost growth and create jobs.
The Department for Transport announced: "In a major boost for the UK economy, the Government today announced its support for a new runway at Heathrow - the first full-length runway in the south-east since the second world war."
The Government confirmed the plans for the new runway would be out before parliament as draft national policy, and consulted upon in the new year.
The runway, once approved, will cost approximately £17.6 billion to build and is expected to be completed by 2025 should the policy be approved officially. The nearby village of Harmondsworth will be demolished.
Climate change activists and environmentalists prepare to protest the plans, citing 50% more planes flying over London as a result of the runway.
The Government have said that they would propose a six and a half hour ban on scheduled night flights, increase noise restrictions and put forward legally binding noise targets.
Sadiq Khan, London mayor, referred to the already higher than legally permissable levels of NO2, stating a third runway at Heathrow would be "devastating for air quality in London".
