Agreement on Movement Cap and Night Flights
Southend District Council, Rochford Council and SEN/Stobart have agreed a set of measures which would be included in the Section 106 Agreement which would form part of any planning approval for the planned runway extension.
Total movements would be limited to 53,300 per annum, of which no more than 10% could be freight flights.
Night movements would be limited to 120 per month (currently 900 per month) and 'preferred runway' procedures would be brought in in an effort to limit noise nuisance over Eastwood and Leigh-on-Sea (both being under the 24 departure flightpath).
An ILS would have to be installed on 06.
A property acquisition plan and home insulation grants would have to be made available by the airport owners.
It is anticipated that a planning application for the runway extension will be made within the next couple of weeks, with this involving a 300m extension to the existing runway to give a useable length of 1,799m while increasing the length of the 06 overrun RESA to around 150m(?).