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Expressflight
I don't think a 2mppa cap was included in the Section 106 agreement. I think just an annual movement cap was stipulated with no reference to total pax numbers.
From the Rochford Council's memo on the matter:
Para 5.3: The central principle of the Joint Area Action Plan (JAAP) is that the airport can expand its operations to enable up to 2 million passengers to be carried annually.
Para 6.1: The s106 legal agreement which controls amongst other things, passenger numbers and includes flight restrictions...
Para 5.30: The airport has consent to operate within the parameters as restricted by the s106 legal agreement that accompanied the planning consent for the runway extension; this limits passenger numbers and restricts flights.
Seems that airport capacity is indeed constrained by the s106 agreement.