Aviation is one of the most energy intensive and polluting forms of transport, with both global and local
impacts. Airport infrastructure also has negative impacts on residents, as exemplified by recent community
opposition to the proposed new radar at Marshalls Airfield [1] . The core policy should be that there should
be no development of the airport except under exceptional circumstances (for example replacing outdated
infrastructure with safer or lower-impact alternatives).
The Cambridge Green Party would therefore add to this policy direction an additional explicit objective to
apply planning permission in future based on the criterion of ‘whole project’ emissions reduction and positive
ecological impact.
[1] https://cambridge.greenparty.org.uk/news/green-abbey-councillor-objects-to-new-airport-radar.html