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Date	Subject
2004
25 October	Statement to New Romney Town Council
*2005*
25 January	Proposed Runway Extension-Call for Public Inquiry
21 February	Flight Path and House Prices
14 March	LAAG Supports Shepway’s Decision NOT TO SELL Lydd Airport Freehold
7 April	Response to Michael Howard's initiative to compensate local residents
30 May	Lydd Airport - Sheikh Fahad al Athel
10 July	Dungeness Power Station - Increased Risk of Aircraft Damage
25 July	Kent and Medway Structure Plan - Lydd Airport
15 August	Destruction of Great Crested Newt Breeding Pond
5 September	Dungeness Power Station - Withdrawal of 1nm Flying Concession
15 September	Dungeness B - 10 Year Life Extension - Urgent Review of Flight Safety Restrictions Needed
26 September	Lydd Airport - Planning Application Delayed to 2006
17 October	LAAG Appoints Nuclear Safety Consultant
22 December	Airport Proposes Larger Runway Extension - 444metres
*2006*
16 February	Lydd Airport Expansion Reduces Safety at Dungeness
5 June	CAA Approved Landing Flight Paths
3 July	Lydd Airport Flight Paths
11 July	Nuclear Safety
21 August	New SSSI Designation
11 October	Lydd Airport Planning Application - Crash Damage Safety Case
18 December	LAAG Opposes Lydd Airport Planning Application
*2007*
15 January	Revised Nuclear Safety Cases Needed for Dungeness
22 January	Lydd Airport Expansion Plans To Jeopardise Dungeness C Planning Application
5 February	Lydd Airport Cuts Job Estimates by 40%
12 February	Lydd Airport - Local Referendums Called
26 February	Boeing 737 Test Flight - Lydd Airport
6 March	British Energy Opposes Large Scale Development of Lydd Airport
12 March	Lydd Airport Referendums Approved
19 March	LAAG Announces On-Line Petition
26 March	Aircraft Crash Damage Risk at Dungeness Nuclear Power Stations
5 April	Lydd Airport Referendum Results
25 June	Wild Flowers of Dungeness
30 August	Lydd Airport Deleted from South East Plan
19 November	Aviation Consultant Criticises Airport Information
24 December	British Energy Objects to Lydd Airport’s Expansion
*2008*
8 January 2008	LAAG Appoints Legal Advisor
14 May 2008	Inappropriate behaviour of Councillor Paul Carter
13 October 2008	Lydd Airport’s Expansion - Nuclear Safety Remains an Issue
3 November 2008	Lydd Airport’s Planning Application - Opposition Reiterated
8 December 2008	LAAG approaches European Commission over potential infringement of Habitats Regulation
*2009*
2 February 2009	European Habitats Legal Opinion in LAAG’s Favour
20 April 2009	Lydd and Manston Airports Report Losses
18 May 2009	Lydd Airport’s expansion conflicts with new South East Plan
29 June 2009	Lydd Airport’s Planning Application - Postponement of July 9th Determination
27 July 2009	Matthew Horton Q.C. to represent LAAG
28 October 2009	Determination March 3rd 2010 and FOI Request
*2010*
18 January 2010	Lydd Aiport - New Flight Paths
2 March 2010	Howard Supports Lydd Airport - House Price Compensation is not the Answer
4 March 2010	Lydd Aiport - Long Legal Battle Ahead
7 June 2010	Queen’s Speech does NOT support Lydd Airport’s expansion
24 June 2010	LAAG Welcomes Public Enquiry
7 September 2010	LAAG Welcomes Extension to European Habitat Network at Dungeness
*2011*
22 February 2011	Lydd Airport Action Group in “David and Goliath” battle over campaign Funding
22 February 2011	Lydd Airport: local resident group sends simple message to the Secretary of State: “This is an inappropriate site for a regional airport”
16 May 2011	Fukushima in the making
5 July 2011	Ex Principle planning Inspector tells Public Inquiry that application for Lydd Airport’s expansion should be refused
14 July 2011	Fred Cuming R.A speaks out against the development of Lydd Airport in Kent
20 August 2011	Two miles of nine foot high fencing missing from Lydd Airport planning application: Public inquiry likely to be delayed
19 September 2011	New nuclear risks at Dungeness spelled out in LAAG’s closing statement
18 October 2011	LAAG welcomes the Chief Nuclear Inspector’s recommendation to review planning controls for proposed developments close to nuclear power stations