 FIGHT THE SECOND RUNWAY APPLICATION |
BAA has applied to develop a second runway at Stansted
which would make the airport bigger than Heathrow today, with:
More passengers: from 23 million today to 68 million
More planes: from 190,000 flights today to 490,000 flights
More land grab: from 6 square miles to 9 square miles
What's at stake
Noise, air quality, health, road congestion, rail overcrowding, erosion of the community would all worsen very significantly and we'd see a radical transformation of a largely rural community to one under severe pressure from urbanisation resulting from plans for new airport related development including housing, such as the ecotowns proposed for Elsenham/Henham and Hanley Grange. See more details about the threat. See what the countryside looks like at the moment.
What can you do?
Because of the sheer scale of the application and the massive impacts which the second runway proposals would have if allowed to proceed, a Public Inquiry will be held in 2009 to investigate every aspect of the proposals. This will last about a year, with a result not expected before early 2011.
There are two simple steps you can take to oppose the application:
1. Send an email or letter by 26 September saying why you are opposed to the plans to Uttlesford District Council, London Road, Saffron Walden CB11 4ER marked 'Second Runway'. Two lines or two hundred – it's up to you. Click here for guidance.
2. Register to speak at the Public Inquiry to explain your concerns and show the Inspector what a devastating impact the plans would have.
For other ways to help support Stop Stansted Expansion, click here. Why not sign up as an SSE online supporter to receive email alerts on latest activities and ways to get involved?
Who else opposes the second runway plans?
Around 140 parish and town councils and special interest organisations belong to Stop Stansted Expansion because of their opposition to the second runway plans. The district councils for Uttlesford, East Herts, Harlow, North Herts, Epping Forest, South Cambridgeshire and Braintree are amongst the many others who are fighting the plans too. Every local MP and MEP is opposed, too – irrespective of political party.
To see copies of the BAA planning application
BAA's planning application is voluminous, running to hundreds of documents. You can access them online through the BAA website or see them at various local libraries, as well as at Stop Stansted Expansion's campaign office in Takeley.
Further information
Click here to follow the progress of correspondence relating to the second runway application
Click here for access to the Planning Inspectorate's website with links to Inquiry documents, meeting details and other information relevant to the application
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