Rochford District Core Strategy Regulation 26 Draft

Comment

Representation ID: 280

Received: 01/07/2007

Respondent: London Southend Airport

Contrary to paragraph 1.10, rail public transport is not poor and serves the London market well. The Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy shows the route performing well with spare capacity, and therefore is a good basis for the service from a new Airport station. The RUS also indicates that the lack of car parking capacity at Rochford Station suppresses demand. The description of the Airport in paragraph 1.11 is reasonable but should also note that expansion is featured in the 2003 Aviation White Paper. The LDF should see continuity from national, through regional, to local policies.

Comment

Representation ID: 281

Received: 01/07/2007

Respondent: London Southend Airport

Paragraph 2.8 includes a reasonable view of the Airport in 5 years time and likewise paragraph 2.15 for ten years hence. Paragraph 2.27 says that travel times to and from the Airport are increasing although there no evidence for this is presented. The Airport will become an increasingly attractive arrival and departure Gateway for many types of flights, not just low cost passenger.

Comment

Representation ID: 282

Received: 01/07/2007

Respondent: London Southend Airport

Paragraph 3.9 indicates that there will be a Joint Area Action Plan for the area to the west of Rochford which includes the Airport. This should be noted as being joint with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Paragraph 3.10 says that the Core Strategy should concentrate on areas where there is a need to reflect national guidance on a particular local characteristic. This is particularly the case for the Airport, where national policy needs to be directly related to a local policy.

Object

Representation ID: 283

Received: 01/07/2007

Respondent: London Southend Airport

There should be a policy area to cover the Airport which notes the Joint Area Action Plan and its objectives of accommodating an increase in jobs, support for the growth of the Airport, achieving Airport and surface access infrastructure improvements and to achieve environmental enhancements

Object

Representation ID: 285

Received: 01/07/2007

Respondent: London Southend Airport

A specific reference to the need to review the Green Belt boundary in the area of the Airport should be included. The review should take place within the Joint Area Action Plan and should seek to make the boundary more logical and defendable.

Comment

Representation ID: 286

Received: 01/07/2007

Respondent: London Southend Airport

This is currently the only section with a preferred option noting the Joint Area Action Plan for the area west of Rochford. While it is adequate for the employment issue, it is clearly not sufficient to cover all of the issues related to the Airport.

Comment

Representation ID: 287

Received: 01/07/2007

Respondent: London Southend Airport

The key diagram should show an asterisk located in the area west of Rochford to indicate that the Joint Area Action Plan is to consider this area.