Q5.1 Which is your preferred Scenario for the future of the Southend Airport area?
Object
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 944
Received: 27/06/2008
Respondent: Mr B Jones
STRONGLY OBJECT TO ALL EXPANSION. Do minimum or preferably no expansion.The increase in aircraft noise for us residents will become intolerable, emissions will increase. The road system cannot cope with current traffic levels. If 2m passenger movements are reached this will require about 4000 extra car journeys per day!!! Imagine the road upgrading work for the next few years that would be required. This area has a high percentage of elderly people who hardly fly. Who will the expansion benefit, people flying from outside the region and the business people and major shareholders who will make millions of pounds.
STRONGLY OBJECT TO ALL EXPANSION. Do minimum or preferably no expansion.The increase in aircraft noise for us residents will become intolerable, emissions will increase. The road system cannot cope with current traffic levels. If 2m passenger movements are reached this will require about 4000 extra car journeys per day!!! Imagine the road upgrading work for the next few years that would be required. This area has a high percentage of elderly people who hardly fly. Who will the expansion benefit, people flying from outside the region and the business people and major shareholders who will make millions of pounds.
Support
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 966
Received: 01/07/2008
Respondent: Mr Nigel Stockwell
High Growth option only one to include vital runway extension.
Option 2(b) can achieve JAAP aims but only if extension included - 2 mppa unachievable otherwise.
Safety enhancement of increased RESAs available under 3 very important.
Noise problem to be aired with noise levels of modern aircraft versus old to ease fears.
No runway extension means no chance of JAAP aims being met.
My lifelong career in aviation (now retired so no axe to grind)enables me to make these points with authority. My elderly mother lives in Anne Boleyn Drive and I fully take into account her welfare concerning noise in my representation.
Scenario 3 'High Growth' is the only one which includes the vital element of the runway extension. Scenario 2(b) would also deliver your 'mission statement' IF it included the runway extension. 2(b) would also have the advantage of reducing the amount of Green Belt swallowed up.
To achieve 2 mppa under 2(b) without the extension is extremely optimistic and unachievable in my opinion. I worked in the airline industry all my life until retirement in senior positions and I know that the current runway declared distances, particularly the landing distances, will not enable any airline to offer a substantial route network by virtue of the performance requirements of aircraft now in service. The extension planned will fully overcome this problem yet without opening up the possibility of very large aircraft being operated commercially with the noise implications that might have.
The safety enhancement offered by the runway extension scheme is considerable as it would enable the RESA at the end of 06 to be increased from the bare minimum of 90m it has now to the recommended length of 240m. This is not emphasised in the Report and should be.
As far as increased noise is concerned, I can understand residents' fears so they should be fully addressed. Noise data should be published offering a comparision betwwen the old B737-200/BAC1-11 for example and aircraft such as the EMB195,A319 and Q400. Aircraft will continue to become quieter and although frequency of departures will obviously increase, overall noise levels should not grow significantly. I would add that my elderly mother lives in Anne Boleyn Drive and I would in no way see her subjected to a significant noise increase and I am confident that will not be the case.
Standing still or having no runway extension is simply not an option if the aims of the JAAP are to be realised.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 977
Received: 09/07/2008
Respondent: Charlotte Williams
Low growth.
Low growth.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1025
Received: 09/07/2008
Respondent: Mr A James
Scenario 2(a) Medium Growth.
Scenario 2(a) Medium Growth.
Object
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1035
Received: 11/07/2008
Respondent: Mr Paul Ebdon
Having moved away from the Stansted Area mainly to get away from what I know is the unbearable noise levels from aircraft. The longer runway would involve the same. The infrastructure is so bad in this area, it would make using this airport unsustainable. Most people want to use their cars, so making the public transport obsolete. Stansted airport only relied on car parking etc to make any profits, this airport is lacking in carparking and access. Check SSE website for more indept arguements against expansion. So I object strongly to expansion.
Having moved away from the Stansted Area mainly to get away from what I know is the unbearable noise levels from aircraft. The longer runway would involve the same. The infrastructure is so bad in this area, it would make using this airport unsustainable. Most people want to use their cars, so making the public transport obsolete. Stansted airport only relied on car parking etc to make any profits, this airport is lacking in carparking and access. Check SSE website for more indept arguements against expansion. So I object strongly to expansion.
Support
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1036
Received: 30/06/2008
Respondent: Robert Leonard Group plc
We are commercial property investors & developers based in Aviation Way.
I've read the Issues & Options Report & attended the Business Breakfast today & would comment as follows ;
Out of the 4 different scenarios I believe that no.3 : High Growth, is the only practical solution for major investment in the airport & it's surrounding employment areas. Scenario 2(b) suggests that up to 2 million passengers pa could be achieved without the runway extension but I wouldn't expect airlines would want to operate from a hub that only had destinations in NW Europe within reach. This,also, would surely limit investment from the airport's owners & the existing MRO companies around the airport.
I see that the runway extension is the biggest factor in all these options & bringing Southern European routes will not only help local people's overseas travel but will also introduce Southend & Rochford to a whole new market of potential inward investment. This should be of particular interest to Southend's seaside holiday resort aspirations.
We own small business properties in Aviation Way that are let to local companies & find that they are much more sought after than identical units to the east of Southend town centre due to their proximity to the wider A road network & their superior travel times to the M25. We therefore feel that the designation of new employment areas to the North of Aviation Way is wholly appropriate.
We understand that junction / highway improvements will be required & there will be some environmental issues that need to be handled sensitively, but we feel that Scenario 3 is the best by some considerable margin for both Southend & Rochford.
Extended runway & new facilities as a regional airport to ease pressure on the other London airports
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1040
Received: 11/07/2008
Respondent: Austria Direct
3
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1045
Received: 11/07/2008
Respondent: Austria Direct
Active Regional Airport
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1052
Received: 11/07/2008
Respondent: Mr K Elgar
I believe that scenario 3 is the most sensible and practical option.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1070
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: Mr D J Lee
Any plan to improve Southend Airport should be welcomed by everybody in the area. The Scenario 3 as outlined in your letter certainly presents us with a chance to move forward on this issue.
The South East Essex region would benefit in several ways from improvements to air services to mainland Europe and beyond. If the upgrading of the airport were to take place, the present tedious journeys to Gatwick, Heathrow, London City and Stansted could be avoided as well as attracting increased tourism and business from the continent especially with the 2012 Olympic Games in mind.
I am grateful for this opportunity of responding to your letter of 9th July. Any plan to improve Southend Airport should be welcomed by everybody in the area. The Scenario 3 as outlined in your letter certainly presents us with a chance to move forward on this issue.
The South East Essex region would benefit in several ways from improvements to air services to mainland Europe and beyond. If the upgrading of the airport were to take place, the present tedious journeys to Gatwick, Heathrow, London City and Stansted could be avoided as well as attracting increased tourism and business from the continent especially with the 2012 Olympic Games in mind.
It would appear to me that unless action is taken soon on the future of the airport the whole of the Southend area may slide into decline, with the exception of the new container port on the Thames, and this is perhaps another good reason for expanding the airport services. Consideration must be given to the inevitable increased volume of traffic in the area where roads are not designed for large and heavy lorries. Suitable improvements will be necessary if congestion is not to reach intolerable levels.
Sadly, i feel that in the present financial climate, unless there is a substantial input of Government funds or the E.U., this whole plan is unlikely to take place, which in my mind is a great pity.
Once again, thank you for the opportunity to comment on the plan, and I should appreciate being kept up to date with developments.
p.s. However thoroughly the consultation document is reported in the press and media, there will always be those with a negative attitude to ANY plan.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1072
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: Mr & Mrs R J Williams
Option 3
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1075
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: Mr G P Nicholls
To see a viable airport for existing companies also for passengers. Cargo flights to actually serve the community.
To see what idea's are done, runway, terminal, rail station etc some twenty years behind.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1096
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: Mrs S R Lawrence
Scenario 3
Support
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1110
Received: 16/07/2008
Respondent: London Southend Airport Co Ltd
Option 3.
The only option to include a Runway Extension which enables the Airport to declare the appropriate distances on BOTH runway headings. This would enable the latest generation of medium sized aircraft to use the Airport, these aircraft have been designed to be much quieter and more effecient.
In my opinion, option 3 with runway extension is the only option that will deliver the number of new jobs required within the timeframe and most importantly the destinations people want to see offered from their local Airport again.
Option 3.
The only option to include a Runway Extension which enables the Airport to declare the appropriate distances on BOTH runway headings. This would enable the latest generation of medium sized aircraft to use the Airport, these aircraft have been designed to be much quieter and more effecient.
In my opinion, option 3 with runway extension is the only option that will deliver the number of new jobs required within the timeframe and most importantly the destinations people want to see offered from their local Airport again.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1114
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: T J Cole
For flights to Spain and France as competition to such as Ryanair.
I enclose a print out which shows my search of your web address (via Google) was unsuccessful. So I cannot make any assessment of the various scenarios you have put together.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1115
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: Mrs E Cuthbert
Scenario 3
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1125
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: Mr James Crabb
After viewing all 4 options on the web-site I believe option 3 is clearly the most beneficial for Southend, Rochford and the surrounding areas.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1136
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: Mr C E Wheeler
Scenario 3
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1146
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: D Bailey
3
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1160
Received: 14/07/2008
Respondent: Mr E Johnson
I believe Option 3 is the best option to give Southend a greater role in the Country's future and benefit the community.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1173
Received: 15/07/2008
Respondent: B G Spaull
As set out in your letter with the exception of reference to "Brickwork Site" more details on this would be required.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1175
Received: 15/07/2008
Respondent: A G Hunt
Option 3
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1182
Received: 15/07/2008
Respondent: A G Hunt
Easier exits for other desinations to avoid the horrors of LHR and Gatwick.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1192
Received: 15/07/2008
Respondent: Mr & Mrs R Brown
Scenario 3
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1194
Received: 15/07/2008
Respondent: Mr M Dillon
Scenario 3
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1205
Received: 15/07/2008
Respondent: Mr D Wright
Scenario 3.
Fully functional regional airport.
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1209
Received: 16/07/2008
Respondent: Ms S Cryer
Scenario 3
Comment
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1217
Received: 16/07/2008
Respondent: Ms S Cryer
Serious alternative for Essex residents instead of Stansted or Gatwick. Scenario 3.
Object
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1230
Received: 18/07/2008
Respondent: Mr Dean Parrott
more air traffic equals more C02 emissions,more noise,more pollution,do the residents of rochford and southend really want a future blighted by this expansion? i think not.
more air traffic equals more C02 emissions,more noise,more pollution,do the residents of rochford and southend really want a future blighted by this expansion? i think not.
Object
London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1232
Received: 18/07/2008
Respondent: Tony Stevens
I object to all expansion of the airport. At present the volume of aircraft and subsequent noise levels are tolerable. I fear that any increase would result in a detrimental effect on the area negating the positive nature of economic growth. Rochford would become a less desirable area to live in. Additionally as a general principle, I find it difficult to understand how a council can invest heavily in a new recycling scheme with the specific intention of reducing environmental impact whilst supporting a major increase in aircraft activity being one of the biggest polluters in the transport industry??
I object to all expansion of the airport. At present the volume of aircraft and subsequent noise levels are tolerable. I fear that any increase would result in a detrimental effect on the area negating the positive nature of economic growth. Rochford would become a less desirable area to live in. Additionally as a general principle, I find it difficult to understand how a council can invest heavily in a new recycling scheme with the specific intention of reducing environmental impact whilst supporting a major increase in aircraft activity being one of the biggest polluters in the transport industry??