Stansted G1 Inquiry

DRAFT PROGRAMME as at 21/08/07

All sessions will take place at the main inquiry venue; Endeavour House, StanstedAirport, unless otherwise shown

Lead Inspector; Alan Boyland BEng(Hons) DipTP CEng MICE MIHT MRTPI

Assistant Inspector; Terry Phillimore MA MCD MRTPI

All enquiries to; Simon Osborn, POServices, 1 Lower Farm Cottages, Puttock End,

Belchamp Walter, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 7BA

Tel; 07710 969411, Email;

Held under the Town & Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2000 and DETR Circular 05/2000 – Planning Appeals Procedures

SUBJECT TO CONSIDERABLE CHANGE

NOTE: The Inspectors intend to operate the inquiry strictly on the principle that if anyone/any party overruns their allotted time significantly they will have to return to the inquiry at a later date that is convenient to all concerned.

Week1
Day1
Wednesday 30th May 2007
Proofs of evidence to be submitted no later than 16th May 2007 / Activity
10.00 Opening of the Inquiry
Inspectors Remarks
10.30Opening Statements
14.00 – 17.00
INTERESTED PARTIES SESSION
13.45 – 14.15
Takeley Parish Council
14.45 – 15.00
Mrs C Mitchell plus 4 children
15.00 – 15.30
Mr K McDonald (powerpoint pres.)
15.30 – 16.00
John Stewart –
HACAN
16.00 – 16.30
Philip Greswell - Ramblers Association
16.30 – 17.00
Michael Fairchild - Little Hadham Parish Council / Proof numbers
TPC/1/a
MIT/1/a & b
KRM/1,2 & 3
HCS/1/a
RA/1/a
LHPC/1
Day 2
Thursday 31st May / 10.00 – 17.30
The Case For Uttlesford District Council / Essex County Council / Hertfordshire County Council
Mr Thomas Hill and Ms Lisa Busch Of Counsel
Noise
Stephen Turner MA, MSc, FIOA, Director of Accoustics at Bureau Veritas – Noise – / UDC/3/a, b, c & d
Day 3
Friday 1st June / 10.00 – 16.00
Quality of Life
Philip Sivell BSc, Team Leader, Climate Change Team at TRL
John Mitchell Dip TP MRTPI, Director of Development, Uttlesford District Council / UDC/4/a , b & c
UDC/2/a, b, c & d
Week 2
Day 4
Tuesday 5th June / 10.00 – 17.00
Natural England
Dr C Gibson
Air Quality
Mr S Moorcroft / UDC/5/a, b, c, d, e, f, g & h
UDC/7/a & b
Day 5
Wednesday 6th June / 10.00 – 17.00
Contextual Evidence
Mr R Harborough / UDC/1/a, b, c & d
Day 6
Thursday 7th June / 10.00 – 17.15
Mr R Harborough
14.00 – 16.00
INTERESTED PARTIES SESSION
Mr D Jacobs
Mr B Munro – Thaxted Society
Mr D Hall
Thames Gateway London Partnership
16.00 – 17.15
Mr R Harborough (cont) / DJ/1
TS/1
DFH/1/a,b
TGLP/1
Day 7
Friday 8th June / 10.00 – 12.30
Mr R Harborough (cont)
13.30 – 15.30
The Case for BAA Ltd & Stansted Airport Ltd
Michael HumphriesQC and Hereward Philpot
Overview
Mr J Rhodes / BAA/1/a, b, c, d & e
Week 3
Day 8
Tuesday 12th June / 10.00 – 17.00
Mr J Rhodes
Day 9
Wednesday 13th June / 10.00 – 17.00
Mr J Rhodes
Day 10
Thursday 14th June / 10.00 – 17.00
Mr J Rhodes
Day 11
Friday 15th June / 10.00 – 16.30
Mr J Rhodes
Week 4
Day 12
Tuesday 19th June / 10.00 – 17.00
Air Noise
Mr J Charles / BAA/2/a, b, c, d & e
Day 13
Wednesday 20th June / 10.00 – 16.15
Mr J Charles (cont)
Traffic Forecasts
Mr S Maiden / BAA/6/a & b
Day 14
Thursday 21st June / 10.00 – 17.00
Mr S Maiden (cont)
Day 15
Friday 22nd June / 10.00 – 17.30
Mr S Maiden (cont)
Week 5
Tuesday 26th June / Inquiry not sitting
Wednesday 27th June / Inquiry not sitting
Thursday 28th June / Inquiry not sitting
Friday 29th June / Inquiry not sitting
Week 6
Tuesday 3rd July / Inquiry not sitting
Wednesday 4th July / Inquiry not sitting
Day 16
Thursday 5th July / 10.00 – 17.00
The Case for BAA Ltd & Stansted Airport Ltd (cont)
Air Quality
Mr M Pratt / BAA/4/a, b, c, d & e
Day 17
Friday 6th July / 10.00 – 15.00
Mr M Pratt (cont)
Water Efficiency
Mr P Squire
Ground Noise
Dr I Flindell / BAA/5/a, b & c
BAA/7/a,b,c
Week 7
Day 18
Tuesday 10th July / 10.00 – 17.00
The Case for the Stansted Airlines Consultative Committee (SACC)
David Holgate QC
Ms L Congdon / ACC/1 – 121 divided into 4 Bundles
Day 19
Wednesday 11th July / 10.00 – 17.00
Ms L Congdon (cont)
Mr I Clayton
Day 20
Thursday 12th July / INTERESTED PARTIES PUBLIC SESSION
09.45 – 10.00
Mr H Godwin
10.15 – 10.45
Mr R Ellis - HoweGreenHouseSchool
10.45 –11.00
Ms M Rich-Jones –
The Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC)
11.00 – 11.30
Mr R Histed - South Suffolk Air Traffic Action Group (SSATAG)(moved to 4th September 2007 at SudburyTown Hall)
11.30 – 12.00
Mr N Brigham - SUSTRANS
12.00 – 12.15
Mr P Jones –
Stansted Mountfitchet Parish Council
12.15 – 12.45
Mr R Clark
14.00 – 15.00
Mr S King - North London Strategic Alliance
15.00 – 15.30
Ms M Byrne - Unite T&G Union
15.30 – 16.00
Mr V Flintham -Braughing Parish Council / HG/1, 2 & 3
HGHS/1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
CHEC/1/a, b
SSATAG/1/a, b & c
SUS/1
SMPC/1,2 & 3
RC/1 & 2
NLSA/1 & 2
UTG/1
BRPC/1
Day 21
Friday 13th July / Inquiry not sitting
Week 8
Tuesday 17th July / 10.00 – 17.00
The Case for Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE)
Paul Stinchcombe and Sarah Hannett of Counsel
Historical Background
Mr P Sanders
Planning Considerations
Mr G Gardner
Strategic Environmental Issues
Prof. R Therivel / SSE/1/a
SSE/3/a & b
SSE/2/a, b & c
Wednesday 18th July / 10.00 – 17.00
Strategic Environmental Issues (cont)
Prof. R Therivel
Sustainability Appraisal
Mr P Sanders / Mr P Garland
Air Traffic Forecasts
Mr B Ross / SSE/17/a & b
SSE/4/a & b
Thursday 19th July / 10.00 – 17.15
Air and Ground Noise
Mr M Peachey
Air Quality Issues
Dr P Elliott
Water Impacts
Mr I Bruce / SSE/6/a, b & c
SSE/12/a & b
SSE/7/a & b
SSE/16/a, b & c
Friday 20th July / 10.00 – 15.00
Mr I Bruce
(cont)
Quality of Life
Mr J Drake / Lady Walker / SSE18/a (+Annex 1 by James Abbott), b & c
Week 9
Tuesday 24th July / 10.00 – 17.00
Health Issues
Prof. J Banatvala
Community Cohesion
Ms M Sutton
Housing Impacts
Mr K McDonald / SSE/19/a, b & c
SSE/20/a, b & c
SSE/11/a
Wednesday 25th July / 10.00 – 16.00
Economic, Employment and Housing Impacts
Mr B Ross / SSE/10/a, b & c
SSE/8/a, b & c
+ Rebuttal SSE/31
Thursday 26th July / 10.00 – 13.30
(cont)
Mr B Ross
Friday 27th July / 10.00 – 13.00
The Materiality of Climate Change
Mr R Levett
Climate Change Impacts
Mr A Lynge / SSE/21/a, b & c
SSE/22/a & b
Tuesday 31st July to 2ndSeptember / INQUIRY NOT SITTING
Week 10
Monday 3rd September / 10.00 –
Meeting re. surface access issues with Inspector Richard Hollox
Tuesday 4th September / SESSION 2 IN LOCAL COMMUNITY
SudburyTown Hall, Suffolk
14.00 – 14.15
Mrs J Oliveira -
Broxted Parish Council
14.15 – 15.00
Mr R Histed – South Suffolk Air Traffic Action Group (SSATAG)
15.15 –15.30
Mr T Smith
15.30 – 15.45
BREAK
15.45 –16.00
Mr R Erith – Dedham Vale Society
19.00 – 19.15
Mr S Ward - Colne - Stour Countryside Association
19.15 – 19.25
Mr P Collett
19.25 – 19.45
Mr P Sturges –
Essex Wildlife Trust
19.45 – 20.00
Mr S Bolter
20.00 – 20.15
Mr A Gardner - Widdington Parish Council
20.15 – 20.30
Mr J Busby
20.30 – 20.45
BREAK
20.45 – 21.00
Mr S Clark – Stour and Orwell Society / BPC/1
SSATAG/1/a, b, c & d
CSCA/1/a
MPC/1
EWT/1a & b
SJB/1
WPC/1
JB/1
Wednesday 5th September / The Case for Much Hadham Parish Council
Mr M Dillon
Mr K McMullen
Mr J Donovan
Mrs S McAdam / MHPC/1/a & b & MHPC/5
MHPC/2/a,b
MHPC/3/a
MHPC/4/a
Thursday 6th September / 19.00 – 21.00
SESSION 3 IN LOCAL COMMUNITY
Ware Priory, Hertfordshire
19.00 – 19.15
MrPChurch
19.15 – 19.45
Dr Peter MacLean
19.45 – 20.00
Mr G Williams
20.00 – 20.15
Mr A Chapman
20.15 – 20.30
The Wormley Society - Ms D Parsonage
20.30 - 20.45
BREAK
20.45 – 21.00
Mrs S White
21.00 – 21.15
Ms C Hurley
21.15 – 21.30
Ms H Hodges
21.30 – 21.45
Mr I Ball
21.45 – 22.00
Mr S Brown / PC/1
WRASE/2 covering all from MacLean to Brown(except The Wormley Society and Mrs S White)
TWS/1
MSW/1
Friday 7th September / The Case for the
National Trust
NoiseHatfieldForest
Mr M Stigwood
National Trust Policy and HatfieldForest
Mr K Turner / NT/3/a, b, c, d
NT/1/a, b & c
Week 11
Tuesday 11th September / The Case for Saffron Walden & District Friends of the Earth
Quality of Life
Dr P Elliott
Air Noise
Dr P Elliott
Water and Waste Water Disposal
Dr P Elliott
Water Efficiency
Dr P Elliott
Economy and Employment
Mr P Garland / SWFOE/2/a, b & c,
SWFOE/REB/2/a&b
SWFOE/3/a, b, c & d
SWFOE/4/a, b, c, d, e, f & g
SWFOE/REB/1
SWFOE/5/a
Wednesday 12th September / INTERESTED PARTIES PUBLIC SESSION
10.00 – 11.00
Ms Mary Edwards
Friends of the Earth, East of England
11.00 – 11.30
Ms J Welchman
11.30 – 12.00
Mr D Connell – Dutton Hill Community Association
12.00 – 12.15
Mrs S Ball
12.15 – 12.30
Mr C Turvey
12.30 – 12.45
Mr D Willoughby – Great Easton and Tilty PC
12.45 – 13.00
Mr C Hill - Rushden & Wallington Parish Council
14.00 – 15.00
Mr P Lockley - Aviation Environment Federation (AEF)
P.M.; SESSION 4 IN LOCAL COMMUNITY
Little Hallingbury Village Hall
19.00 – 19.15
Mr M Lemon
19.15 – 19.30
Mr D King - Little Hallingbury Parish Council
19.30 – 19.45
Hatfield Heath Parish Council
19.45 – 20.00
Viscount Simon
20.00 – 20.15
BREAK
20.15 – 20.45
Pleshey Parish Council
20.45 – 21.00
Moreton, Bobbingworth and the Lavers Parish Council
21.00 – 21.15
Mr J Pryor –
Hatfield Broad Oak Parish Council
21.15 – 21.30
Hormead Parish Council / FOE/1/a,b & c
MJW/1
AEF/1/a
ML/1
LHPC/1
Thursday 13th September / INTERESTED PARTIES PUBLIC SESSION
10.00 – 11.00
John Rhodes and Michael Hurford –
Bishop’s Stortford Civic Federation
11.00 – 11.30
Mr J Fox
11.30 – 11.45
BREAK
11.45 – 12.00
Mr M Young
12.00 – 12.15
MrNChurch
12.15 – 12.45
Mr C Hodges - Ware Residents Against Stansted Expansion (WRASE)
12.45 – 13.00
Cllr Dean
13.00 – 13.15
Mrs D Bryce
14.00 – 15.00
Mr J Birch -
Bristol Friends of the Earth
15.00 – 15.15
Mr M Stiles
15.15 – 15.30
BREAK
15.30 – 16.00
Mr P Riding
(powerpoint presentation)
16.00 – 16.15
Mr C Swain –
Henham Parish Council
16.15 – 16.30
Mr F Johnson - Harlow Civic Society
16.30 – 17.00
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
17.00 – 17.15
Ms S MCDonald - Bishop’s Stortford & District Footpaths Association
17.15 – 17.30
Mr R Lavender - Thorley Parish Council / BSCF/1/a & BSCF/2/a
BFOE/1/a
Friday 14th September / INTERESTED PARTIES PUBLIC SESSION
10.00 – 10.20
Lady Walker of Gestingthorpe
10.20 – 10.50
Mr I Poole -St Edmundsbury Borough Council
10.50 – 11.15
Mr T Jackson –
Chrishall Parish Council
11.15 – 11.30
Residents of Burton End (ROBE)
11.30 – 11.40
GMB Union
11.40 - 12.00
Mr C Pulford
12.00 – 12.15
Mr M Garrick
12.15 – 12.30
Mrs P Bruce
12.30 – 13.00
Mr W Chastell
14.15 – 14.35
Mr R Woodcock
14.35 – 14.40
14.40 – 14.50
Mr M Bedwell
14.50 – 15.00
Mr A Melville
15.00 – 15.10
Ms S Davies
15.10 – 15.20
Birchanger Parish Council
15.20 – 15.30
Mr D Gale
15.30 – 15.40
Great Chesterford Parish Council
15.40 – 16.00
Mr G Conlon
16.00 –16.15
Mr C Collins
16.15 - 16.25
Ms I Jones
16.25 – 16.35
Mr I Ramsay
16.35 – 16.45
MrRChurch
16.45 – 17.00
Epping Forest District Council / LWG/1
SEBC/1a & b
MG/1
MCC/1
Week 12
Tuesday 18th September / 10.00 – 10.30
Sir Alan Haselhurst
10.30 –
INTERESTED PARTIES PUBLIC SESSION (ROUND TABLE SESSION)
  1. Mr S Walker
  2. Mr B Garwood
  3. Mr G Winbourne
/ AH/1
Wednesday 19th September / Inquiry not sitting
Thursday 20th September / Inquiry not sitting
Friday 21st September / Inquiry not sitting
Week 13
Tuesday 25th September / Surface Access Issues
The Case For Uttlesford District Council / Essex County Council / Hertfordshire County Council
Surface Access Transport
Mr T Wang
Surface Access Implications
Mr D Humby – / ECC/1/a, b, c, d & e
HCC/1/a, b & c
Wednesday 26th September / The Case For Uttlesford District Council / EssexCounty Council / HertfordshireCounty Council continued.
Thursday 27th September / The Case for BAA Ltd & Stansted Airport Ltd
Mr I Forshew / BAA/3/a, b, c & d
Friday 28th September / The Case for BAA Ltd & Stansted Airport Ltd continued.
Week 14
Tuesday 2nd October / The Case for the Stansted Airlines Consultative Committee (SACC)
David Bird BSc MICE CEng; Director, Seville Bird & Axon / ACC/30
Wednesday 3rd October / The Case for Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE)
Surface Access Issues with Particular Reference to Roads
Mr K McDonald
Surface Access; Rail
Mr J Rhodes
Demand for Surface Access and the Implications
Mr R Harman / SSE/13/a & b
SSE/14/a & b
SSE/15/a & b
Thursday 4th October / The Case for Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) continued.
The Case for Saffron Walden & District Friends of the Earth
Mr P Garland / SWFOE/6/a & b and SWFOE/REB/3
Friday 5th October / Conditions and Obligations
Week 15
Tuesday 9th October / Inquiry not sitting
Wednesday 10th October / Inquiry not sitting
Thursday 11th October / Inquiry not sitting
Friday 12th October / Inquiry not sitting
Week 16
Tuesday 16th October / Closing submissions
  1. Saffron Walden & District Friends of the Earth
  1. The National Trust
  1. Much Hadham Parish Council
  1. Stop Stansted Expansion
  1. Stansted Airlines Consultative Committee(available 16th and 17th only)
  1. Uttlesford District Council / Essex County Council / Hertfordshire County Council
  1. BAA Ltd & Stansted Airport Ltd

Wednesday 17th October / Closing submissions
Thursday 18th October / Closing submissions
Friday 19th October / Closing submissions
INQUIRY ENDS