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An action group which claims its views are supported by experts in aviation, nuclear safety and ecology has called on Shepway Council to refuse expansion plans at Lydd Airport.

Lydd Airport Action Group (LAAG) has submitted its response to environmental information issued by Lydd Airport in support of its planning application for a 444 metre runway extension and a new terminal.

The group have raised questions over the close proximity of Dungeness nuclear power station and Lydd and Hythe military ranges, which all have restricted airspace in their vicinities.

And the airport's plans for an on-site sewage treatment works is considered by the action group to be a major development in its own right and requires the same thorough investigation in the planning process as the extension of the runway and the new terminal.

They say that since a treatment works has the potential to adversely affect the European Natura sites which surround Lydd Airport, due to waste water discharge, its plans must be appropriately assessed under the European Habitats Regulations.

Shepway Council is due to make a decision later this month.