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    notnimbys wrote:
    great news!
    The decision making process should not be rushed and this will enable full impartial, objective, subjective consideration of the proposals.
    I note in the (all to be believed) Echo today that there was no impartial consultants acting on behalf of the planning authority when considering the proposal...at least now there will be external consideration of the facts not just the naive belief that this proposal from stobbarts will benefit and "enhance" the community in which it operates.ok as stated if consent is not granted then there are no restrictions on night flights , hopefully the newly elected adminsitration will act in the best interests of the residents and negotiate with stobbarts to restrict night operations for the good of the borough..i doubt it? pigs will fly rather than planes if this happened...1.2.3.4..

    .basil where are you?
    I really do not see what all the fuss is about. As someone has already pointed out, this is only going to be a "rubber stamp" situation. There is no "great news" about it. What a ridiculous thing to say. It's only a formality. Admitedly one that only succeeds in wasting time and energy, but a formality all the same. This is not a step in the wrong direction for the extension, just a detour or stopping off point."
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Southend Airport plan: Government intervenes

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THE expansion of Southend Airport will not go ahead without the authorisation of a Government minister, it has been announced

Communities Secretary John Denham has issued an Article 14 Direction about the planning application to extend the runway at London Southend Airport.

The effect of the direction is to prevent Southend Council granting planning permission on the application without his authorisation.

The application will still be considered at Development Control Committee at 2pm tomorrow.

If the committee decides to approve the application this decision will be frozen until either:

  • The Secretary of State decides that he will not intervene and sends the application back to the council, in which case the decision notice will be issued
  • the Secretary of State decides to call-in the application for his determination, in which case there will be a Public Inquiry.

FULL STORY AND REACTION IN WEDNESDAY'S ECHO

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