STOP STANSTED EXPANSION PUBLIC INQUIRY EVIDENCE STARTS
the Public Inquiry into plans to expand the capacity of Stansted’s single runway.
Their evidence continues all week, and also from 24th to 27th July.
ISSUED BY STOP STANSTED EXPANSION
signs; shuttle bus available from airport terminal if travelling by public transport)
Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) will begin giving evidence on Tuesday 17 July at
the Public Inquiry into plans to expand the capacity of Stansted’s single runway.
Copies of all proofs of evidence are accessible online at
at the time of writing):
Tuesday 17 July:
media on 17 July)
of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Greenland will be advised separately to the
media.
of timings and appearances are still to be confirmed.
capped at 25 million passengers per annum, which could result in the eventual
doubling passenger throughput and an increase in the number of flights from 192,000
(latest 12 months total) to 264,000 annually. Permission for the application
was refused by Uttlesford District Council in November last year and the Public
Inquiry will hear BAA’s appeal against that decision.
represents the culmination of more than a year’s work by a dedicated team of volunteers
and external consultants, widely supported by the campaign’s 6700 members and
beyond. With the Inquiry set to last unti c19 October, evidence exposing the true
scale of environmental damage that would be caused by BAA’s proposals and their
negative impact upon the UK economy will be heard from scores of organisations
and individuals, from parish, district and town councils, conservation and community
groups to those fighting airport expansion elsewhere in the UK.
covering a range of issues from economics and employment, climate change and community
cohesion to noise and health, road and rail impacts, air quality, water and air
traffic forecasts. This will form the basis of the presentations which will
be made between 17-27 July, and was the platform from which SSE’s barristers –
Paul Stinchcombe and Sarah Hannett of 4-5 Grays Inn Square – cross-examined BAA’s
witnesses earlier in proceedings. Transcripts of most Inquiry sessions to date
appear online at
be accessed online at:
and Essex County Councils, other key parties in the Inquiry giving evidence against
BAA’s proposals are the Stansted Airlines Consultative Committee, National Trust,
Friends of the Earth and Much Hadham Parish Council.
to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Secretary of
State for Transport for decision and an announcement is expected in Spring 2008.
Stop Stansted Expansion Campaign Office: T 01279 870558