Issue - meetings

The report of the Planning Policy and Land Charges Team Manager

Prior to the report presentation, the Planning Policy and Land Charges Team Manager referred the Committee to the Update Sheet, which addressed concerns raised by a member and included additional points to be forwarded to the East Midlands Airport.

The report was presented by the Planning Policy and Land Charges Team Manager.

A discussion was had, beginning with a member expressing disappointment that linking the East Midlands Parkway to the airport was only briefly mentioned as it was a valuable tool that could be utilised as a reliable source of transport to the airport. A lack of connectivity to the airport was supported by another member, who emphasised that an increase in an extra 20,000 jobs being generated by the airport without reliable public transport, was not a sustainable action. Nor was the increase in jobs before allocation of additional sites to the Local Plan.

Members highlighted the need for the airport to have tighter and more accountable sustainability monitoring and oversight to manage issues such as noise pollution and it’s impact on residents and public transport. The Planning Policy and Land Charges Team Manager agreed to obtain more information from the airport to feed back to the Committee.

It was moved by Councillor J Legrys, seconded by Councillor M Ball and

RESOLVED THAT:

1)      East Midlands Airport be thanked for consulting the Council.

2)      The comments set out in this report be forwarded to East Midlands Airport as this Council’s response.