DEVELOPERS TARGET NORTH WEALD AIRFIELD AGAIN
AS PART OF REVIEW OF THE EAST OF ENGLAND PLAN

It was recently brought to the attention of the North Weald Airfield Users Group that yet another consultancy period is currently ongoing, as a result of EERA's call for sites and the review of the East of England plan to extend its scope to 2031.

The general information page on the EERA webpage is here:

http://www.eera.gov.uk/What-we-do/developing-regional-strategies/east-of-england-plan/east-of-england-plan-review-to-2031/

It states that the public consultation runs from 2nd September to 5 pm on 24th November 2009.  This appears to have been kept very low key, as we received no information about this from the powers that be and it has not been mentioned in the press.
 

As part of the "Call for Sites", two developers have submitted proposals relating to North Weald Airfield and surrounding land amounting to a total of 10,000 new homes!  Both proposals were submitted AFTER the Examination in Public of 2007 on the EEP and the Planning Inspector's decision that North Weald Airfield was not a suitable site for such a large scale development.  An opinion which the Government agreed with, in its final published version of the East of England Plan. These proposals therefore completely ignore the overwhelming opinion of those who responded to the earlier consultations, as well as the decisions which resulted from it.

We therefore feel very strongly that a response to the current consultation is required, and recommend that the airfield's supporters visit the EERA website and make their views heard.  For further details on these recent developments, please visit our Campaign section.

 The North Weald Airfield Users Group