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Farnborough Airport Farnborough Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6XA

Refused Surrey Heath 26/0789/PCA

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Notification of Appeal from Rushmoor Borough Council for the variation of Conditions 2 (aircraft movements) and 6 (aircraft weight), and replacement of Conditions 7 (1:10,000 risk contour) and 8 (1:100,00 risk contour), of planning permission 20/00871/REVPP determined on the 22/02/2022, in order to: a) increase the number of non-weekday aircraft movements from 8,900 to 13,500 per annum, and b) amend the permitted annual flight movements weight category from 50,000-80,000 kg to 55,000-80,000 kg, retaining the overall cap of 1,500 movements (within this cap: aircraft between 50,000-55,000 kg that do not meet ICAO Chapter 14 (or equivalent) noise standards shall continue to be counted, and non-weekday movements within the revised category shall increase from 270 to 405), and to c) replace Conditions Nos. 7 (1:10,000 risk contour) and 8 (1:100,000 risk contour) with a new condition to produce Public Safety Zone maps in accordance with the Department for Transport Requirements at Farnborough Airport Farnborough Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6XA

As published by the council, reference 26/0789/PCA

Application record

Reference
26/0789/PCA
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Objection
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
26 Aug 2026
Decided
14 Sep 2026
Ward
Outside Boundary
Postcode
GU14 6XA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Surrey Heath register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 3 refused.

  • 25/1244/PCA Refused

    Farnborough Airport Farnborough Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6XA

    A consultation application from Rushmoor Borough Council for the variation of Conditions 2 (aircraft movements) and 6 (aircraft weight), and replacement of Conditions 7 (1:10,000 risk contour) and 8 (1:100,00 risk contour), of planning permission 20/00871/REVPP determined on the 22/02/2022, in order to: a) increase the number of non-weekday aircraft movements from 8,900 to 13,500 per annum, and b) amend the permitted annual flight movements weight category from 50,000-80,000 kg to 55,000-80,000 kg, retaining the overall cap of 1,500 movements (within this cap: aircraft between 50,000-55,000 kg that do not meet ICAO Chapter 14 (or equivalent) noise standards shall continue to be counted, and non-weekday movements within the revised category shall increase from 270 to 405), and to c) replace Conditions Nos. 7 (1:10,000 risk contour) and 8 (1:100,000 risk contour) with a new condition to produce Public Safety Zone maps in accordance with the Department for Transport Requirements at Farnborough Airport Farnborough Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6XA

    Decided 23 Feb 2026 Outline
  • 25/1030/PCA Refused

    Farnborough Airport Farnborough Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6XA

    Consultation from Rushmoor Borough Council for a request [25/00483/SCOPE] for an EIA scoping opinion for amendments to Conditions 2, 6, 7 and 8 of permission ref. 20/00871/REVPP to increase non-weekday (i.e. weekends and public holidays) aircraft movements at Farnborough Airport within its current limit of 50,000 aircraft movements per annum, amend the maximum take-off weight categories, and amend the conditions related to airport public safety zones in line with the latest Government guidance.

    Decided 3 Oct 2025 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Aug 2026

    Received by Surrey Heath

  2. 28 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 14 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Objection

  4. 18 Sep 2026

    Status changed to Decided

    Previously Registered.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

1 document on file for this application

  • CONSULTATION LETTER FROM RUSHMOOR General Correspondence · 26 Aug 2026

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What this refusal means

Surrey Heath refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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