Friends of Richmond Park warn Heathrow’s third runway plans threaten the park’s tranquillity and wildlife.

The expansion could add up to 60,000 new flights over Richmond Park each year, increasing noise and air pollution dramatically.

The campaign group calls on Heathrow and the government to avoid new flight paths over the park and consider minimal change.

Chairman Roger Hillyer says London’s quietest green space, rich in wildlife, faces “severe damage” from proposed flight increases.

In the new nature plan, Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye wrote that the airport both creates an “impact on nature” and is “also dependent on nature.”
To mitigate its environmental risks, Heathrow is following the recommendations of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures.
It is the first airport in the world to commit to these steps — meaning that, from now on, it will annually share its impacts on nature, including those caused by the proposed development of a third runway.
Heathrow pledged to manage 10 percent more land for biodiversity. It currently works with ecologists to conserve about 420 acres. It will also continue to buy nature-based carbon credits from projects conserving or restoring nature.