Farnborough Airport
At the December 2025 full council meeting, councillors considered the recent proposed development at Farnborough Airport – 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
The following response to Rushmoor Borough Council was issued – L01221225 25_00615_REV
The application documents can be viewed on the Rushmoor Borough Council’s site Simple Search and selecting “Search for, or comment on, a planning application” and inputting the case reference “25/00615/REV
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Farnborough Airport has submitted a planning application that, if approved, would increase the number of flights at the airport. Please find below a press release from the Airport.
The window for comments on this planning application is now closed but further details can be found the Rushmoor Borough Council website by searching the planning application number 23/00794/REVPP.
Crondall Parish Council approved response to Rushmoor Borough Council re planning application 23/00794/REVPP approved at the Full Council meeting held on Monday, 11th December 2023 – L01051223 23_00794_REVPP FINAL
Update – Due to the considerable public interest in the item and the upcoming Pre-election period | Local Government Association, Rushmoor have announced that they cannot determine the application during this time. The application will now go to a planning committee after the May elections.
At this stage, they expect that the application will be considered by their Development Management Committee during the summer, although they would like to avoid the school holidays if possible.
Updates about the application, including when the application will go to committee will be published here – Farnborough airport planning application – Rushmoor Borough Council – and will be sent to everyone who has already commented on the application.
Separately, if you wish to make a complaint about the activities, noise or pollution at the airport please contact the airport directly: complaints@farnboroughairport.com or telephone: 01252 526001