Huge industrial estate plan for airport land<\/strong>
\nBy Geoff Percival<\/p>\nA HUGE industrial estate could be built near Southend airport, the Echo has discovered.<\/p>\n
The new estate would be built north west of the airport, between Aviation Way and Cherry Orchard Way.<\/p>\n
The proposal forms part of a range of options discussed by Rochford and Southend councillors over the past year, to make better use of the land around the airport.<\/p>\n
In the report, obtained by the Echo, councillors also confirm plans to divert Eastwoodbury Lane to allow the airport’s runway to be extended.<\/p>\n
The airport itself would then be capable of taking aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 737 fully laden. With an expected two million passengers a year, this could mean 40 passenger flights every day.<\/p>\n
The report also proposed new homes on the site of the Cherry Orchard brickworks, on the boundary between Southend and Rochford.<\/p>\n
The joint area action plan group report, set up by the two councils, will be considered by Southend’s cabinet and Rochford’s executive on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The industrial estate, extension of the runway and new homes is one option in the report.<\/p>\n
Three other options have also been put forward which range from limited growth in the area around the airport, or none at all.<\/p>\n
When councillors have discussed the options, a public consultation will be launched on their preferred choice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Echo has a report here tonight on discussions between Rochford and Southend Councils about the future of the land around the airport. It’s worth a read… here’s the start: Huge industrial estate plan for airport land By Geoff Percival A HUGE industrial estate could be built near Southend airport, the Echo has discovered. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[9,47],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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