Environmental groups have applauded the project. Howard Learner is executive director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center, which advocates for the development of eco businesses.

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"Some of the responses are alarmist, " says Geoff Harris, who is overseeing the "conservation-led approach" to the Smithfield project as director of property development at Henderson.

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"We are collecting in-service aircraft components to asses the remaining characteristics and capability in terms of stress and fatigue, " says Olivier Malavallon, project director of business development and change at Airbus.

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Mike Unsworth, project director at Navitus Bay Development Ltd, said there had been a "genuine consultation".

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