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The six-week consultation on the controversial plans to expand Lydd Airport has finished and Shepway District Council has received more than 2,000 responses.

The consultation followed the submission of two planning applications by Lydd Airport – one for a 500,000-passenger terminal building and the other for a runway extension.

The council hosted three evening presentations, manned week-long exhibitions at Lydd and Greatstone, and had static displays in Folkestone, Hythe, New Romney and Lydd.

Major Applications Co-ordinator, Terry Ellames said: “Officers are expected to complete the review of all the consultation and comments by the end of April. Based on initial feedback, it is likely that more information will be requested from the applicants.”

No date has yet been set for the application to go before full council.