London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options

Dear Sir or Madam:

I wish to object to the proposals outlined in the above document on the following basis:

Increased air and noise pollution
Loss of greenbelt
Increased road traffic, in particular on the B1013
New night flights
No public transport to service the proposed industrial park
Not enough public consultation on such a large issue
No planned infrastructure to accommodate this plan.

Our members and residents are concerned about the Airport JAAP Preferred Options. Please find below our response as requested by the 09 April 2009.

Any proposals should take into account the Rochford Core Strategy - we have not seen the final Rochford Core strategy and therefore we cannot weigh the pros and cons and develop a comprehensive response to you.

A cynical view of this process would be that this proposal is going ahead no matter what the public say as it does not seek agreement only gives an opportunity to comment with no assurance that our views will be taken on board or at least ruled out by cogent argument.

We are not convinced that there is any desire to limit the number of night flights. We are aware that flight paths, in certain circumstances, are over Hawkwell and therefore we are being subjected to additional noise and air pollution above the current levels, we should surely be looking to reduce current levels further not approving increases which will surely happen.

We accept that the airport as proposed in the JAAP will have an impact on traffic, but is totally devoid of any concrete proposals to minimise or even limit the additional traffic that must arise from the proposals. It is very worrying that this major issue is limited to a small paragraph in the report and is without any real proposals that would have impact on traffic volumes, in particular along the B1013. In particular the airport is not well served by public transport, so workers will 'have to take to their cars'.

We are totally opposed to the destruction of green belt land and areas that are prime agricultural land and should be retained as such. Using this land to provide space for new industrial sites on the basis of support for the development of an airport that will reduce the quality of life of our residents is unacceptable. So far this has not had any real environmental impact study published in an accessible format for resident to understand the effects of an airport operating at the proposed levels will be. If a brown filed site was to be used it would be of less impact to the countryside.

Our main concerns are the lack of real data in the public domain to enable us the public to have a reasoned discussion over the proposals put forward.

We understand that passenger flights are to be allowed to fly for over 80% of the day. We understand also that freight flights will be in addition to this, so flights may be operating for up to 24 hours per day. We find this as unacceptable and consider there must be a longer 'window' when no flights are allowed. In our opinion a TOTAL ban on all night flights between 22:00 - 07:00 should be imposed. We note that the routing of aircraft on both take-off and landing should be so organised to reduce noise and environmental impact. We note that there is no comment on the additional road traffic necessary to service the maintenance and servicing side of the airport. They will need parts etc and the majority of these will no doubt come by road. We would like to have written restrictions on the following:

Noise from engine testing, especially out of the working week - Monday to Friday.

Pollution levels from aircraft.

Noise levels from aircraft.

As it stands in its current form we are registering our objections.

Our members and residents are concerned about the Airport JAAP Preferred Options. Please find below our response as requested by the 09 April 2009.

Any proposals should take into account the Rochford Core Strategy - we have not seen the final Rochford Core strategy and therefore we cannot weigh the pros and cons and develop a comprehensive response to you.

A cynical view of this process would be that this proposal is going ahead no matter what the public say as it does not seek agreement only gives an opportunity to comment with no assurance that our views will be taken on board or at least ruled out by cogent argument.

We are not convinced that there is any desire to limit the number of night flights. We are aware that flight paths, in certain circumstances, are over Hawkwell and therefore we are being subjected to additional noise and air pollution above the current levels, we should surely be looking to reduce current levels further not approving increases which will surely happen.

We accept that the airport as proposed in the JAAP will have an impact on traffic, but is totally devoid of any concrete proposals to minimise or even limit the additional traffic that must arise from the proposals. It is very worrying that this major issue is limited to a small paragraph in the report and is without any real proposals that would have impact on traffic volumes, in particular along the B1013. In particular the airport is not well served by public transport, so workers will 'have to take to their cars'.

We are totally opposed to the destruction of green belt land and areas that are prime agricultural land and should be retained as such. Using this land to provide space for new industrial sites on the basis of support for the development of an airport that will reduce the quality of life of our residents is unacceptable. So far this has not had any real environmental impact study published in an accessible format for resident to understand the effects of an airport operating at the proposed levels will be. If a brown filed site was to be used it would be of less impact to the countryside.

Our main concerns are the lack of real data in the public domain to enable us the public to have a reasoned discussion over the proposals put forward.

We understand that passenger flights are to be allowed to fly for over 80% of the day. We understand also that freight flights will be in addition to this, so flights may be operating for up to 24 hours per day. We find this as unacceptable and consider there must be a longer 'window' when no flights are allowed. In our opinion a TOTAL ban on all night flights between 22:00 - 07:00 should be imposed. We note that the routing of aircraft on both take-off and landing should be so organised to reduce noise and environmental impact. We note that there is no comment on the additional road traffic necessary to service the maintenance and servicing side of the airport. They will need parts etc and the majority of these will no doubt come by road. We would like to have written restrictions on the following:

Noise from engine testing, especially out of the working week - Monday to Friday.

Pollution levels from aircraft.

Noise levels from aircraft.

As it stands in its current form we are registering our objections.

Our members and residents are concerned about the Airport JAAP Preferred Options. Please find below our response as requested by the 09 April 2009.

Any proposals should take into account the Rochford Core Strategy - we have not seen the final Rochford Core strategy and therefore we cannot weigh the pros and cons and develop a comprehensive response to you.

A cynical view of this process would be that this proposal is going ahead no matter what the public say as it does not seek agreement only gives an opportunity to comment with no assurance that our views will be taken on board or at least ruled out by cogent argument.

We are not convinced that there is any desire to limit the number of night flights. We are aware that flight paths, in certain circumstances, are over Hawkwell and therefore we are being subjected to additional noise and air pollution above the current levels, we should surely be looking to reduce current levels further not approving increases which will surely happen.

We accept that the airport as proposed in the JAAP will have an impact on traffic, but is totally devoid of any concrete proposals to minimise or even limit the additional traffic that must arise from the proposals. It is very worrying that this major issue is limited to a small paragraph in the report and is without any real proposals that would have impact on traffic volumes, in particular along the B1013. In particular the airport is not well served by public transport, so workers will 'have to take to their cars'.

We are totally opposed to the destruction of green belt land and areas that are prime agricultural land and should be retained as such. Using this land to provide space for new industrial sites on the basis of support for the development of an airport that will reduce the quality of life of our residents is unacceptable. So far this has not had any real environmental impact study published in an accessible format for resident to understand the effects of an airport operating at the proposed levels will be. If a brown filed site was to be used it would be of less impact to the countryside.

Our main concerns are the lack of real data in the public domain to enable us the public to have a reasoned discussion over the proposals put forward.

We understand that passenger flights are to be allowed to fly for over 80% of the day. We understand also that freight flights will be in addition to this, so flights may be operating for up to 24 hours per day. We find this as unacceptable and consider there must be a longer 'window' when no flights are allowed. In our opinion a TOTAL ban on all night flights between 22:00 - 07:00 should be imposed. We note that the routing of aircraft on both take-off and landing should be so organised to reduce noise and environmental impact. We note that there is no comment on the additional road traffic necessary to service the maintenance and servicing side of the airport. They will need parts etc and the majority of these will no doubt come by road. We would like to have written restrictions on the following:

Noise from engine testing, especially out of the working week - Monday to Friday.

Pollution levels from aircraft.

Noise levels from aircraft.

As it stands in its current form we are registering our objections.