Why does Heathrow Airport need MP approval to build a third runway?

Why does Heathrow Airport need MP approval to build a third runway?

Added (1). I understand about permits and approvals but I don't understand why Parliament is involved?

Why does anyone bother with anything when people like you ask why.

It is government owned

I don't know how your politics work.

Because thousands will have their homes destroyed.

Because it will cause thousands of homes to be demolished and serious levels of sound and air pollution over a huge area of London as well as years of road closures around the airport followed by congestion when the runway opens.

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