Press Release<\/b><\/p>\n
5\/5\/14 for immediate use<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Figures unearthed by campaign group HACAN caste doubt on the claims by Heathrow Airport that support for a third runway is growing amongst local residents.\u00a0 Last week Heathrow claimed that there was more support now for a third runway than when it was proposed by the last Labour Government.\u00a0 It cited a recent opinion poll of more than 1,000 local residents carried by Populus which showed 48% are in favour of a third runway while 34% oppose it <\/span>(1).<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, HACAN dug out a similar Populus poll carried out in 2007 which revealed very similar results:\u00a0 50% of people supported a 3rd<\/sup> runway and 30% were against (2).<\/b><\/p>\n HACAN Chair John Stewart said, \u201cHeathrow Airport must be concerned that after more than a year of concerted, expensive and high-profile campaigning support for a third runway is little different than it was at the height of the protest six or seven years ago.\u00a0 There has been no UKIP-style surge in support for a 3rd<\/sup> runway.\u201d<\/p>\n Populus have carried out three polls on behalf of Heathrow Airport over the last year.\u00a0 All are showing that about a third of residents consistently refuse to back expansion at Heathrow (3).<\/b><\/p>\n Referenda and surveys that were carried out last year by Hillingdon, Richmond and Hounslow showed even less support for expansion.\u00a0 Around 72% of residents opposed a 3rd<\/sup> runway (4).<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENDS\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Notes for editors:<\/b><\/p>\n (1) \u00a0<\/b>\u00a0http:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Heathrow-Borough-Poll-March-2014.pdf (2)<\/b>\u00a0http:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/download_pdf-170907-BAA-Heathrow-Future-Heathrow-Poll.pdf (3)<\/b>\u00a0http:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Heathrow-Borough-Poll-March-2014.pdf (4)<\/b>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.richmond.gov.uk\/100000_say_no_to_heathrow_expansion For more information:<\/b>\u00a0 John Stewart on 0207 737 6641 or 07957385650<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Press Release 5\/5\/14 for immediate use Figures unearthed by campaign group HACAN caste doubt on the claims by Heathrow Airport that support for a third runway is growing amongst local residents.\u00a0 Last week Heathrow claimed that there was more support now for a third runway than when it was proposed by the last Labour Government.\u00a0 … Continue reading “Increase? What increase in support of a 3rd runway?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4836,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions\/4836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhttp:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Heathrow-Borough-Poll-March-2014.pdf<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/download_pdf-170907-BAA-Heathrow-Future-Heathrow-Poll.pdf
\nhttp:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/download_pdf-170907-BAA-Heathrow-Future-Heathrow-Poll.pdf<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Heathrow-Borough-Poll-March-2014.pdf and
\nhttp:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Heathrow_Poll_Nov131.pdf
\nhttp:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Heathrow_Poll_Nov131.pdf
\nhttp:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heathrow%20Airport%20Local%20Resident%20Research.pdf
\nhttp:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heathrow%20Airport%20Local%20Resident%20Research.pdf<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.richmond.gov.uk\/100000_say_no_to_heathrow_expansion<\/p>\n