Originally Posted by
southside bobby
A cautionary tale has been posted earlier regarding the planning permission for the next phase of development at STN & therefore prospects for SEN.
Luckily permission for STN was granted before the local elections with indeed then a major change in Councillor line up with most/all against the further development however it was finally accepted & stated permission cannot be retrospectively revoked after much legal consultation conducted over that w/end.
So the big dollar question foremost for SEN/here would be what is the current max permitted passenger thru put ? & how much greater in percentage terms would 10 or even 15m pax per year equate to, then perhaps take the reality check/view regarding the unsuitability of the site in every aspect & ask if a public enquiry would approve such an expansion & which political hand would be prepared to sign it off.
All politics...European,Governmental & local are becoming daily more vocal against aviation expansion.
The one hope for aviation in the UK would be "BJ" & then all the London Airport`s can be moved out to sea which should have happened 40/50 years ago TBH.
That ship sailed with the Roskill Commission back in the 60s and 70s SSB.Hence therise of STN to become the third London airport. An estuary airport on reclaimed land would have been hugely expensive, together with costly road and rail links to London. In addition there is the problem of sea fog and Brent geese arriving at their traditional feeding grounds, and much of this area is now covered by vast numbers of wind turbines, I cannot see our Green friends being too happy seeing these being grubbed up to be replaced by 12000ft runways. I think it is going to be hard enough getting another runway into LHR.
We may just be seeing peak London airport capaciry.