Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 6189
Received: 31/03/2009
Respondent: South East Essex Friends of the Earth
Aviation growth is unsustainable and a phased aviation reduction strategy is the only way to successfully manage the environmental impacts of the airport.
It is necessary to limit industrial estate or "business park" growth to the existing boundaries. Loss of agricultural land is unacceptable given the need for the UK to become self-sufficient in food during the next 15-20 years as a consequence of Peak Oil.
If biofuel technologies are pursued, farmland will be put at even more of a premium. Thus, a wise planning authority will reuse all existing "brownfield" sites before permitting any agricultural or greenbelt land to be used.
Aviation growth is unsustainable and a phased aviation reduction strategy is the only way to successfully manage the environmental impacts of the airport.
It is necessary to limit industrial estate or "business park" growth to the existing boundaries. Loss of agricultural land is unacceptable given the need for the UK to become self-sufficient in food during the next 15-20 years as a consequence of Peak Oil.
If biofuel technologies are pursued, farmland will be put at even more of a premium. Thus, a wise planning authority will reuse all existing "brownfield" sites before permitting any agricultural or greenbelt land to be used.