Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2026 to Question 26995 on Airports: Fees and Charges, in which cases surface access targets have been considered through the planning process as part of airport expansion proposals; and what targets were proposed and imposed in each case.

The Government expects airports to work with relevant local and regional partners to plan for their surface access needs and to set appropriate targets through their surface access strategies. Where airport expansion requires planning consent, the surface access implications of the proposed development, including any necessary transport measures and mitigation, are considered through the relevant planning process.

Recent approvals by this Government on airport expansion projects at Gatwick and Luton include specific surface access targets which must be met.