Renewal of Brussels South Charleroi Airport's single permit

As the current environmental permit is due to expire (July 2025), the procedure for renewing the single permit involves extending the current permit to include future projects. In practical terms, this involves renewing the authorisation previously granted for airport activities, thereby ensuring the continuity of operations and the successful completion of future projects over a 20-year period (until 2045).

The preliminary information meeting, held in December 2023, marks one of the key phases in the administrative procedure for carrying out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (completed by an independent body), which is mandatory within this context. During the meeting, B.S.C.A. explained the nature and objectives of the renewal of the single permit as well as the implications for the local community, and answered questions from local residents.

Nine municipalities, namely Anderlues, Binche, Sombreffe, Charleroi, Courcelles, Fleurus, Fontaine-l'Evêque, Les Bons-Villers and Chapelle-Lez-Herlaimont, have been identified as potentially being affected by the project in terms of the Long-Term Development Plan adopted by the Walloon Government.

Any interested residents from these communities were individually invited to take part in the Preliminary Information Meeting, where they were able to propose ideas for what should be taken into account in the EIA. They were also given the opportunity to put forward potential alternatives that could reasonably be envisaged so that they could be taken into account when the EIA was carried out.

The public enquiry ran from 27 January 2025 to 25 February 2025. The application, together with an environmental impact study, can be consulted below (last version: Permis d'environnement | Brussels South Charleroi Airport).