Luton and District Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise
22nd April
Also see the Wheathampstead campaign and Herts Against Luton Expansion web sites
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When is a Master Plan not a Master Plan?
When it’s a Luton Master Plan!
As with its last attempt in 2005, London Luton Airport Operations Ltd (LLAOL), has
published a “Master Plan” for expansion of the Airport which fails to meet the Government’s
specification for such documents. A main requirement of a Master Plan is to provide
a 25-
Government guidance says: “We would anticipate that, in the case of most airports, master plans will address the following ‘core’ areas:
- forecasts
- infrastructure proposals
- safeguarding and land/property take
- surface access initiatives
- impact on people and the natural environment
- proposals to minimise and mitigate impacts”
While the first three of these are addressed in the “Master Plan”, the last three are deferred until the planning application is submitted. However, this does not mean we cannot get some idea of the increase in noise to expect if the expansion is permitted as the annual number of flights will rise from 100,000 in 2011 to about 150,000. As aircraft are expected to get bigger rather than quieter, that’s a 50 per cent increase in disturbance. Bad news indeed.
LADACAN’s response to Luton Borough Council’s expansion plan
LADACAN’s response to Luton Borough Council’s inadequate and misleading consultation can be found here.
LADACAN’s response
LADACAN has now submitted its response to the Airport operator's so-
The consultation on the “Master Plan” is open until 25th April after which LLAOL plans to apply for planning permission for its proposals.