Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Decision made
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
This report will brief Members on the Thames
Estuary Airport - Feasibility Review, which was commissioned by the
Mayor for London and published in October 2009, which considered
the main advantages and disadvantages of an estuary airport.
Relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee: Regeneration, Community
and Culture
2/2010 The Cabinet agreed to recommend that
Full Council reaffirm its opposition to the plans to construct a
new Thames Estuary Airport and that Douglas Oakervee (the author of
the report) be contacted to: a) advise that any justification for
the location of a new airport in the south east could only be
considered once detailed London and the south east connectivity and
accessibility studies had been undertaken; b) seek to clarify the
route of the road and rail links, as detailed in the report; c)
draw to his attention the risks associated with the close proximity
of the existing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import facility at
Thamesport and the proposed London Array wind farm; d) seek early
meaningful proposals for environmental mitigation in line with the
requirements of the EU Birds Directive and the EU Habitats
Directive.
The feasibility review produced by Douglas
Oakervee to construct and operate a major international airport
close to Medway would have devastating impacts on residents'
amenity and on the environment of Medway and should therefore be
rejected.
Publication date: 05/01/2010
Date of decision: 05/01/2010
Decided at meeting: 05/01/2010 - Cabinet
Effective from: 15/01/2010
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