DAVID AMESS MP

Member of Parliament for Southend West
HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON SW1A 0AA

Mrs Kiti Theobald
Chairman
Stop Airport Expansion Now
PO Box 5909
Southend-on-Sea MLO
Short St
Southend-on-sea
Essex
SS1 1AA

Our ref: SW2411

Dear Kiti,

Further to our recent correspondence, I have received a response from Mr Sadiq Khan MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Please find enclosed a copy of his reply, which I hope will help to clarify the current government’s position.

If you have any questions about the letter, or if you think I can be of any further assistance, please do let me know.

Yours ever,

David Amess MP

From the Minister of State

David Amess MP
House of Commons
LONDON SW1A 0AA

Dear David,

Thank you for your letter of 7 August to Andrew Adonis, in which you pass on concerns from a constituent in your area on the impact of the possible expansion of Southend Airport. I am replying as Duty Minister.

Specifically your constituent raises concerns about the delay in the release of the results of a consultation into the Joint Area Action Plan for Southend and Rochford conducted by Rochford District Council. I understand that Rochford District Council have indicated that a full report on the consultations and the councils response to the points raised will be published in due course as part of the next stage in the preparation of the Joint Area Action Plan. At the time of publication of the Joint Area Action Plan there is a requirement for the Council to demonstrate the consultations that it undertook and its response to those consultations. Your constituents will also have the opportunity to make representations at the pre-submission stage to the Planning Inspectorate prior to the examination-in-public.

Concerning the expansion of Southend Airport itself, no planning application has yet been submitted to the planning authority, but if it is there will be the opportunity for your constituents to register any objection.

Sadiq Khan MP