This week we have received an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping request from Farnborough Airport.
This is a public document, and it is not an application for planning permission, but is part of the process of determining the main environmental issues that an Environmental Impact Assessment should focus on for a future planning application.
That application is expected to seek planning permission to increase non-weekday (i.e. weekends and public holidays) aircraft movements at Farnborough Airport within the current limit of 50,000 aircraft movements per annum, amend the maximum take-off weight categories, and amend the conditions related to airport public safety zones in line with the latest Government guidance.
The details of the EIA scoping request, and the information submitted in support of it, can be viewed on our planning portal.
Further information on the EIA process and its purpose is available on GOV.UK - Environmental Impact Assessment.
As part of the process, the council will be seeking the views of statutory and non-statutory consultees, such as the Environment Agency, Natural England and Hampshire County Council. This will feed into the final response from the council (as the planning authority) to confirm the topics and details that we expect included in an EIA.
We know that local people will also want to give their views on future proposals for Farnborough Airport, and we will of course let you know as and when a formal planning application is submitted later this year, when members of the public will be formally consulted and invited to comment on the proposals.
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