Stansted Airport set to double in size
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The proposed new runway will be 3,048 meters long, located 2,200 meters to the south east of the existing runway and could open as soon as 2013. The expansion would enable the Airport to handle around 45 millions passengers per year by 2018/19 increasing to 68 millions passengers (around the size of Heathrow now) by 2030. BAA have reportedly bought around 107 properties in neighbouring villages for inflated prices as they seek to press on with the planned expansion.
BAA have also submitted a planning application to remove the present planning limit of 25 million passengers at Stansted to allow maximum use of the existing runway to increase to 35 million passengers which BAA expects to reach around 2014/15. In 2007
Action group the Stop Stansted Airport Campaign are vigorously opposing the plans. The Campaign, set up in August 2002, is raising money for a public enquiry into the expansion and sustainability of the expansion at
If proposals to build a second runway go ahead affected residents may be able to claim compensation under the Land Compensation Act 1973. The right to compensation arises when the value of an interest in land is depreciated by physical factors such as noise, vibration, smell, smoke, fumes, artificial lighting etc. caused by the use of public works. The Act specifically includes physical factors caused by aircraft arriving or departing from an airport.
If you would like further information about claims under the Land Compensation Act 1973 then please contact Neil Stockdale on 01685 371122 or email him at neil.stockdale@hughjames.com.