It’s the last chance for comment on the airport's consultation on its Marlhill Copse Woodland Management Plan (WMP), which closes this weekend on July 19.
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The airport says: “Together, we can make Marlhill Copse [to the south of the runway, which the airport bought] a safe, sustainable and accessible space to educate and inspire, and for the whole community to be proud of.”
"The plan details how we will manage the copse for the next ten years from an arboricultural and woodland perspective," said the airport when it launched its plan in mid June.
Critics say Marlhill is one of the last wild places in Southampton, and that the plan will enable the airport to reduce the height of more trees getting in the way of its aspirations.
They say it’s even unclear whether a planning application will be necessary for the work to implement the WMP, and call for the "WMP to be fully considered and debated in public by Councillors rather than just rubber-stamped by officers”.
More information from the airport, and links to its plan, here.
Views and information from opponents are on the Protect Marlhill Copse website here.
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Airport launches Marlhill Copse public consultation