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Forward Plan Ref: 2019/143

Contact: Dawn Pettis, Strategic Planning Team Leader Tel: (01865) 815320

Report by Director of Planning & Place (CMDE15).

The consultation on the expansion of Heathrow Airport commenced on 18 June. The closing date for responses is 13 September.

The purpose of this report is to set out the Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council proposed joint consultation response.

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to approve the proposed consultation response on the Heathrow Airport Expansion, as set out in Paragraph (9) of the report CMDE15.

Approved

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered (CMDE15) a joint response on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council to a consultation on the Heathrow Airport Expansion proposals.

The Cabinet Member for Environment welcomed the fact that a response was being made to a scheme some distance from the county area but one which would inevitably affect the area including the risk of significant additional pressure on the County’s strategic road and public transport infrastructure.  Therefore, having regard to the information set out in the report and the representations made to her at the meeting she confirmed her decision as follows:

to submit the following response to the Heathrow Airport Expansion consultation:

“1.     Concern about how the strategic transport network is going to be able to accommodate additional trips, which requires proper consideration of how the impact on the strategic network is proposed to be mitigated;

2.         How investment in rail infrastructure (in particular) can be secured, for example the Western Rail Access to Heathrow project, complemented by potential strategic bus solutions linked to regional transport hubs;

3.         What opportunities are being taken to build in innovation, for example in relation to goods and servicing access to the site. “

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Cabinet Member for Environment

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