Hello Everyone!

Two important things to tell you today; the first is that the Developmental Control Committee meeting is on the 20th January, and not the date that you may have seen in the Yellow Advertiser. This is the meeting at which the Planning Application will be discussed. It is at 2pm and is open to the public. I think it is important that you try to get there, although I appreciate that some of you may be at work. If your office is closed because of weather, please consider wrapping up as warm as you can and making the effort. If you can’t go yourself, ask your friends and neighbours or family to turn out in your place. This decision will affect them as much as at it will you, after all!

The second thing is the attachment with this e-mail; it is a reminder of the fact that you should all have written to John Denham to demand that this whole process is called in. The only fair way to get the process decided is for a Public Inquiry to take place, in public so that all may state their case openly. There would seem to be a strong feeling amongst many that the whole thing is a done deal, and if that suspicion is there it would surely be better if the Council, the Managing Director of the airport and your SAEN representatives could discuss the whole situation in the light of day, with the public able to judge for themselves. There is still time to write. Please do it if you haven’t already, write to David Amess, write to GO-EAST. Sorry to keep banging on, but this is vitally important!
Check the SAEN website for addresses you will need, and when you’ve finished all that, have a happy new year from kiti and the committee!

See you all on the 20th at the Southend Civic Centre!