Are you prepared to let aircraft fly over our tranquil village ?

Act now before it's too late.

There are plans by the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) to route ALL Stansted Western arrivals over this area.

Latest news - March 2009

NATS have now written to the Parish Council confirming that following detailed consideration of feedback received, they will be conducting a new consultation to redraw the aircraft route map in TCN.
 

They will contact us again to confirm dates for the new consultation so watch this space!

Latest news - October 08

NATS Consultation – We have had various letters thanking us for our response.  An initial analysis of all responses has taken place and a report on this analysis has been published at www.nats.co.uk/TCNconsultation .  NATS have also confirmed that they will be undertaking further analysis and design work on various elements of the initial proposal as a result of issues raised.

A letter from Richard Spring MP has confirmed that the House of Commons Transport Committee has announced that it will be conducting an enquiry into the use of airspace.

22nd July 2008 - TCN Consultation: Initial Feedback Report published.

To view the report follow menu item or click here.

2nd July 2008 - Richard Spring debate in Westminster Hall. See link for transcript. Hargrave and some of it's residents get a mention in the second part.

    Stansted Expansion plans. see what's going on here. See link for more info.

Next Steps. A reply received from NATS having raised a letter of objection reads as follows:-

"Your views have been logged as part of the consultation and your comments, alongside other issues raised during the process, will help to form the Consultation Feedback Report. This will be published on the NATS website by 22nd July 2008 and submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)."

The NATS website can be found here: http://www.nats.co.uk/ Keep your eyes open for announcements.

Hargrave Parish Council Letter of Objection sent 17th June 2008. As agreed at previous meetings, the official letter of objection from the Parish Council on behalf of Hargrave residents has been drafted and sent to NATS. Copies have been sent to:-

The Extraordinary Parish Council Meeting on 12th June 2007. All actions to date were reviewed and discussed. The petition had been taken around the whole village, and while a proportion of households had no one in, 118 signatures were obtained and only 7 people declined to sign. This was deemed to be a strong mandate for the Parish Council to formally raise objections on behalf of the village. A letter will be drafted and submitted to NATS including a copy of the petition. Copies will also be sent to the people shown in 'How to Object' para 3. The submitted letter will be posted on this site when available.

The meeting was made aware of a demonstration being organised by 'airportwatch' on Thursday 19th June 2008 to coincide with the end of the consultation period. Further information available here.

The Sub-Committee met on Thursday 22nd May 2008. A healthy debate took place on the details of the proposals and how much of the information given by NATS was mis-leading and lacking in detail in key areas. Areas were identified where one proposal contradicted another. However as this is the information we must make our judgement on we all agreed that we must strongly oppose these proposals, taking every possible action. The following actions were agreed.

To update the Village of our intentions via the Hargrave Newsletter and this website.

To draw up a petition and to try to get everyone in the Village to sign it.

To hand everyone a sample letter of objection and the addresses of where to send copies.

To contact and join forces with other neighbouring Parish Councils to present a united front.

The Parish Council to write to NATS with our objections and include the master copy of the petition.

The special meeting following the Parish Council meeting on Thursday 15th May 2008 was well attended by over 50 people. Much information was shared and at the end of the meeting it was agreed that we would need to do everything possible to oppose these proposals. Every person should raise their objections in one way or another. The objections however need to be reasoned and factual. A sub committee was formed to investigate and formulate factual reasons for objection. These will be published on this site after the committee meets on Thursday 22nd May.

Due to the pressure already put on NATS the consultation period has been extended from 22nd May to 19th June. It is possible that this deadline may be extended further but this cannot be guaranteed.