Coventry Airport denies it has breached planning regulations

Just one month after the airport started budget flights out of the city it was told to close the terminal.

The council has issued an enforcement notice claiming the airport did not have planning permission.

A High Court hearing on 14 and 15 May will decide whether the airport has to stop using the terminal.

Environmental impact

The council said it had consistently and unanimously decided that the airport's temporary passenger terminal did need planning permission.

It had also taken into account the terminal's environmental impact.

But Thomsonfly which runs the budget flights said it was confident it had the law on its side.

"We firmly believe that as an airline we are operating within the law and Coventry Airport assure me that they are also operating within the law.

"The council think differently, but they do have development rights."

Gary Stephens, the council' senior planner, said the terminal was put up at the end of last year without planning permission.