Transforming London Stansted Airport

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MAKING BEST USE OF OUR AIRPORT With a developing regional economy on our doorstep and the appetite to travel growing year-on-year, it is vital that Stansted reaches its full potential and makes best use of its capacity. As a responsible business, it is important that this growth is achieved in a sustainable manner, ensuring those local communities that may be impacted have their say and are able to shape our future plans.

Our consultation process As part of our plan to make best use of our airport facilities we engaged closely with local communities and undertook a period of consultation in summer 2017. We went out into our neighbouring communities and sought views to inform our growth and investment plans. Later in the year, we went back to inform residents how we had incorporated these views into our final plans. We were pleased that 57% of people supported the plans to grow and invest in the airport. However, we recognise that the airport’s growth raises some concerns particularly from those communities close to the airport, and are committed to addressing those wherever possible. For example, some

local residents were concerned by our initial proposal to increase the number of flights from 274,000 today to 285,000 in the future. In response, we decided not to seek an increase in this limit and to focus on making best use of capacity within the current cap on aircraft movement. Alongside this work we sought views from the business community, MPs, local and parish councillors and encouraged our communities to get involved and share their views through the OurStansted.com website and social media. The response to our consultation in 2017 played a vital role in shaping our plans. Our neighbours told us clearly that they support the airport’s growth and recognise