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Stansted Airport expansion
Uttlesford District Council is taking every possible step to ensure that the character of our area is preserved. If you want to follow what we’re doing, or engage in the process – here’s a great way of doing it.
 
 
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2008    
  22 July Govt Move on Stansted Application "Beggars Belief"
     
  21 July Second Stansted runway plans called in
     
  21 July Government 'calls in' runway plan
     
  17 July Stansted expansion decision delayed
     
  8 July Long wait goes on for airport inquiry result
     
  21 May Evidence supporting airport expansion is flawed, says government adviser
     
  21 May Put UK airport expansion on hold, demands green group
     
  21 May Air stack plans don't stack up
     
  15 May Stansted panel grounds flight path changes
     
  13 May SSE bid to reopen public inquiry
     
  12 May Flight path consultation is extended
     
  1 May Flight paths detrimental
     
  24 April BAA hit back at SSE claims
     
  23 April SSE welcomes report into BAA
     
  21 April Millions spent on Stansted's application for second runway
     
  18 April Video: Campaigners fight flight path changes
     
  17 April Anti-airport expansion organisation offers help
     
  12 April Putting on a show against expansion
     
  8 April STANSTED AIRPORT: Campaigners to target local councils
     
  3 April Fight to halt Stansted expansion hots up
     
  3 April STANSTED AIRPORT: Second runway would be
     
  28 March THE TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992 - STANSTED RAIL IMPROVEMENT ORDER
     
  28 March Roadshow maps out airport routes
     
  27 March Draft Compulsory Purchase Scheme - Airport Access from M11 and A120
     
  27 March United front over second runway
     
  20 March COUNCILS UNITE IN 2ND RUNWAY FIGHT
     
  20 March Councils unite to oppose runway plan
     
  18 March Ancient buildings body citicises Stansted second runway plans
     
  17 March Uttlesford District Council continues fight against a second runway
     
  17 March Stansted Airport Generation 2 applications submitted
     
  17 March 'No' to airport expansion
     
  14 March BAA Wants Second Stansted Runway, Terminal
     
  12 March Reaction to the runway proposal
     
  12 March Airport will be stagnant without second runway
     
  11 March Anti-Stansted expansion campaigners vow to fight on
     
  11 March Stansted Airport to unveil second runway plans
     
  11 March Govt denies 'collusion' over Stansted second runway
     
  11 March STANSTED AIRPORT GENERATION 2 AIRPORT ACCESS FROM M11 AND A120
     
  11 March Video: Uproar over second runway proposal
     
  2 March Kaiser Chiefs back the Stansted campaigners
     
  14 February Terry Waite to speak against Stansted airport expansion
     
  23 January BAA fine tuning application for second runway
     
  8 January Stansted to go ahead with second runway
2007    
  22 November Stansted runway plan scrapped in favour of Heathrow growth
     
  15 November Gardens threatened with closure
     
  20 October Stansted passenger claims rubbished
     
  20 October Airport inquiry comes to an end
     
  20 October The talking has now stopped but who won?
     
  19 October Stansted inquiry to end today - Cambridge Evening News
     
  18 October STANSTED: Public enquiry over runway comes to end
     
  1 October Cameron ditches 'barmy' plan to freeze airport expansion
     
  26 September Inquiry takes to the road
     
  20 September Planning inquiry: MP fears "devastating effect" of expansion
     
  20 September Inquiry will focus on airport access issues
     
  20 September Back airport
     
  14 September MP to give evidence at Stansted Airport inquiry
     
  30 August Stansted inquiry in town
     
  24 August Runway inquiry is set to resume
     
  14 August Stansted owner faces monopoly probe
     
  13 August Eskimo plea against airport expansion
     
  22 July Inuit chief slams airport plans
     
  10 July Grounded: Another victory in battle to curb airport growth
     
  9 July Trust takes on Stansted Airport
     
  9 July Trust joins anti-airport battle
     
  8 July Political party backs our campaign
     
  28 June Airport survey blasted by MP
     
  12 June Ancient forest threatened by airport expansion bid - The Independent
     
  7 June Cycling to stop expansion - Dunmow Broadcast
     
  7 June Noise, fumes and crash fears - The life of a Stansted resident - Herts and Essex Observer
     
  31 May Airport planning inquiry opens - Dunmow Broadcast and Recorder
     
  31 May The Key Issues - Herts and Essex Observer
     
  31 May Budget airlines and green activists unite to fight airport plan - The Guardian
     
  31 May We all have an interest in the outcome of this battle - The Independent
     
  31 May Inquiry to look at airport plans - East Herts Herald
     
  31 May Airport inquiry takes off - Herts and Essex Observer
     
  30 May Inuit leader: stop expansion of Stansted airport - The Independent
     
  30 May Stansted ACC participates in planning appeal against BAA - Easier Travel
     
  29 May Speaking out on the Stansted expansion - Cambridge Evening News
     
  10 May Stansted expansion to be weighed by inquiry - Cambridge Evening News
     
  9 April Airport inquiry resumes
     
  9 April Stansted inquiry restarts today
     
  8 April Stansted inquiry adjourns for summer
     
  27 March Airport offer 'will help focus inquiry' - Cambirdge Evening News
     
  9 March 'Open door' pledge at runway inquiry - Cambridge Evening News
     
  6 March Eyes turn to the sky - Evening Star 24
     
  2 March Runway inquiry site 'sends wrong signal' - Cambridge Evening News
     
  2 March Runway inquiry site 'sends wrong signal' - Cambridge Evening News
     
  1 March Protesters to fight airport on its land - Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder
     
  1 March Stansted plans under attack - East Herts Herald 24
     
  1 March Stansted airport transport expansion plans announced - World Travel Guide
     
  1 March Collision course as Stansted transport plans are revealed - Herts & Essex News
     
  28 February Stansted expansion plans anger campaigners - Environmental Transport Association
     
  28 February Flight attendant - Guardian Unlimited
     
  28 February Stansted transport vision unveiled - East Anglian Daily Times
     
  28 February Billion pounds for better airport links - Cambridge Evening News
     
  27 February New transport links to Stansted airport unveiled - 24Dash.com
     
  27 February Stansted upgrade plans launched - Harlow Herald 24
     
  27 February Plans for links to expanded airport - Cambridge Evening News
     
  27 February Stansted transport expansion plans announced - Guardian Unlimited
     
  27 February Inquiry announced over BAA's planning refusal - Saffron Walden Reporter 24
     
  22 February 'Biggest threat since the Second World War' - Herts & Essex News
     
  20 February Runway disaster? - The Argus
     
  19 February SSE writes to Gordon Brown - Saffron Walden Reporter 24
     
  15 February Storm clouds gather as BAA delays answers - Herts & Essex News
     
  15 February Stansted told: ‘tell us truth’- Saffron Walden Reporter 24
     
  14 February National Trust expresses concern over runway - Caravan News
     
  13 February Plan to cram skies with stacked planes 'frightful' - Cambridge Evening News
     
  12 February Close Air Passenger Tax Loopholes - Air Travel
     
  12 February Council wants answers over runway issue - Airport Parking
     
  10 February Cameron: No to second Stansted runway
     
  9 February BAA to face the flak again over Stansted expansion
     
  9 February 'Council wants answers over runway issue' - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  8 February New housing and runway slammed - Saffron Walden Reporter 24
     
  8 February Protesters rally against airport - Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder
     
  8 February United front against second runway - East Herts Herald 24
     
  8 February Just how green is Stansted?
     
  7 February County bids to block airport expansion - The Welwyn and Hatfield Times
     
  5 February 500,000 homes plan for East Anglia gets thumbs-down - 24Dash.com
     
  5 February New runway could make Stortford 'urbanised' - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Herald 24
     
  1 February Take off! - HEN News: Harlow Star
     
  31 January Stansted owner confirms plans for new runway - Guardian Unlimited
     
  31 January BAA's 'cut-price' Stansted runway flies into more flak - The Independent
     
  31 January BAA unveils cheaper Stansted development plan, LCCs remain unconvinced - ATWOnline - Silver Spring,MD,USA
     
  31 January Economic necessity or a £2.2bn Taj Mahal? - Cambridge Evening News
     
  31 January Second Stansted runway announced - Harlow and Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  30 January Expansion plans for Stansted revealed - Cheapflights.co.uk
     
  30 January BAA sheds Stansted development costs - Manchester.com
     
  30 January Stansted busier than Heathrow after £2.2bn expansion - This is London
     
  30 January Stansted runway proposal unveiled - BBC News
     
  30 January BAA to unveil plans for second runway and terminal at Stansted - Travelmole.com
     
  30 January Stansted expansion plans absolute folly - Rowen - Liberal Democrats
     
  30 January Stansted unveils runway proposal - Cambridge Evening News
     
  30 January Stansted ‘busier than Heathrow’ - Metro.co.uk
     
  30 January easyJet response to BAA's latest Stansted expansion - Resource for Aviation Industry
     
  30 January BAA to slash Stansted costs - Telegraph.co.uk
     
  30 January BAA unveils plans for less costly 2nd runway at Stansted; airlines remain opposed - International Herald Tribune - France
     
  30 January Ryanair slams Stansted expansion plan - Guardian Unlimited
     
  30 January Green lobby and Ryanair slam BAA plan for new Stansted runway, terminal UPDATE - ABCMoney.co.uk
     
  28 January BAA to air Stansted plans - The Sunday Times
     
  14 January Second runway is "just vandalism" - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  1 January Anger over runway - Cambridge Evening News
2006    
  28 December 'Airport must grow to keep economy high' - Royston Mercury
     
  26 December Forcing runway 'an attack on democracy' - Cambridge Evening News
     
  22 December Britain can't save the planet on its own - Guardian Unlimited
     
  21 December Two-year delay for runway expansion - HEN News: Observer
     
  21 December Ministers want airport to grow - Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder
     
  21 December Aviation and climate change - European Business Guide - Brussels,Belgium
     
  21 December MP continues opposition to runway plans - HEN News: Harlow Star
     
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