Stop Stansted Expansion Campaign - BAA's Consultation on Expanding the Use of the Existing Runway

Thaxted - under the present flightpath and threatened with quadrupled activity

Takeley's 12th century parish church, close to proposed second runway

Harcamlow Way, Bamber's Green - much of the long distance path and village would disappear under Runway 2

Clavering - typical of the Uttlesford villages threatened by urbanisation

BAA'S CONSULTATION ON EXPANDING THE USE OF THE
EXISTING RUNWAY

Uttlesford District Council Letter to BAA on the Stansted Airport Master Plan

BAA has been consulting on the proposed expansion of Stansted Airport to increase the capacity of the existing runway from the currently permitted 25 million passengers per annum (mppa) to 35mppa and also on the related 'master plan'.

This consultation ran until 31 October 2005 and was a precursor to the submission of a formal planning application for expanding the use of the existing runway which BAA says it expects to make in Spring 2006.

This so-called consultation was the first step in a plan that would see a DOUBLING of traffic on the existing runway. That could eventually lead to a SECOND RUNWAY, making Stansted bigger than the world's largest airport.

We urged you as a minimum to write to your MP with copies to your local councillors and BAA.

Source of guidance included:
The SSE Leaflet
STANSTED EXPANSION PROPOSALS: GUIDANCE ON RESPONDING TO THE LATEST CONSULTATION - SSE's guidance notes for parish and town councils
SSE'S RESPONSE LETTER TO BAA - so you can see how SSE has responded to BAA
SSE'S SCOPING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BAA'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSEMENT
SSE'S COMMENTS ON BAA'S RESPONSE TO THE UDC SCOPING OPINION
SSE'S LINKS ON HEALTH MATTERS