NEW FLIGHT PATHSAND

STANSTED SECOND RUNWAY

PRESENTATION TO

GREAT SAMPFORD PARISH COUNCIL

18 SEPTEMBER 2008

New Flight Paths

• Overview and changes proposed

• Impact on Great Samford

• Noise disturbance

• NATS consultation

Overview of TCN and Changes Proposed (1)

• TCN region over 12 million people across five counties

• Changes out to 2014

• Effects arrival routes, holds and departure routes

• Airlines are NATS customers and major shareholders

Overview of TCN and Changes Proposed (2)

• Heathrow, Stansted, Luton, London City, Northolt + smaller airports and military airfields

• Not all routes are being changed

• Excludes Stansted 2nd runway

• First phase of plans out to 2030 to align with ATWP

TCN Region

One Day’s Flight Paths through TCN in 2006

Tranquility Map 2006

Tranquility Map with Departures and Arrivals

Impact on Great Sampford

• New Stansted easterly departure route• New Stansted arrival routes• Concentration on route centrelines• Overflying less densely populated

areas

Proposed & Existing NPRs for Stansted Departures to North & SW

Current Stansted Westerly Arrivals

Proposed Stansted Westerly Arrivals

Current Stansted Easterly Arrivals

Proposed Stansted Easterly Arrivals

Summary of impact on Great Sampford

• Stansted departure change adverse

• Stansted arrivals changes neutral

• Overall adverse with traffic at current levels

NATS Consultation

• Closed on 19 June 2008• Initial feedback published on 22 July• Implemented April 2009 onwards• Can still write to CAA• Copy your MP

Stansted Second Runway

Maximum use of R1• BAA wants increase from 25 to 35 mppa• Flights increase from 550 to 700 per day• Could eventually be 45 or 50 mppa• Awaiting Govt decision• Delayed since BAA admitted understating

pollution and road traffic impacts• BAA may be forced to sell AND passenger

numbers are now falling

Second Runway

• Before R1 decided, BAA lodged R2 application

• Called in for Public Inquiry • Starts April 2009 and last 12+ months• Inspector submits report in 2010• Government decision in 2011

Second Runway

• Massive 2½ square mile land grab + more for buffer zone

• Destruction of 73 homes including 13 listed buildings

• Triple the passengers to 68 million• Flights increase from 550 to 1380 per day• Extra 11 million tonnes air pollution per

year

All UK wind farms save 4½ million tonnes per year

Only equates to ⅔ year full use of existing runway

Opposition to Second Runway

• Parish, District, County Councils• East of England Regional Authority• MPs and MEPs• Conservation Groups• SSE’s 7,000+ members• Local communities

What you can do

• Respond to R2 consultation to Uttlesford District Council by 26 September

• Copy your MP

• Support SSE

• R2 is not inevitable – WE CAN WIN

Airport expansion=

more noise+

more CO2 emissions

Root Cause

QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS