Stop London Southend Airport expansion
4 November 2009

London Southend Airport has applied for planning permission to extend its runway.

If approved this will increase potential passengers from around 40 000 to 2 million passengers a year, by 2020.

That would mean:

More noise for local residents
From increased flights
More carbon emissions
Almost 60 times as much CO2
More road traffic
Without public transport new passengers will use the local road network.

Problems ignored

Airport expansion should only be considered after these problems have been tackled.

But the airport is trying to overlook these issues in its dash for growth.

Take action

Please ask Southend Borough Council to refuse permission for the runway extension.

Here's an example you can use. But a personal message from you would be much more effective.

Stop London Southend Airport expansion

Dear Mr Hermitage,

Planning application reference: 09/01960/FULM Statement of objection I am writing to you to formally object to the application for the extension of the runway at London Southend Airport for the following reasons: - More noise: The new "restrictions" negotiated between the Council and the airport do nothing to protect residents from frequent night flights keeping them awake and daytime flights, which would disrupt the education of the borough's children. - More road traffic: Most of the extra passengers using the airport would come by car, adding to Southend's increasing congestion. It should also be noted that the airport is only accessible from the A127 by using residential roads. - More climate change emissions: following the Climate Change Act 2008, all businesses and households in Southend will have to reduce their emissions by challenging amounts every year, while the airport greedily eats into the town's reducing carbon budget with more flights taking money out of the local economy to be spent elsewhere. I strongly urge the Development Control Committee to reject the application on these grounds.

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