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Name: Airport Consultative Committee
Start: 2023-02-03T14:00:00Z
End: 2023-02-03T18:00:00Z
Location: Microsoft Teams

Airport Consultative Committee - Eastleigh

Agenda

Published

Minutes

Published

Meeting Times

Scheduled Time

Start:
Friday, 3rd February 2023
2:00 PM

End:
Friday, 3rd February 2023
6:00 PM

Actual Time

Started:
Friday, 3rd February 2023
2:00 PM

Finished:
Friday, 3rd February 2023
7:16 PM

Meeting Status

Status:
Confirmed

Date:
03 Feb 2023

Location:
Microsoft Teams

Meeting Attendees

Vice-Chair

Mayor of Eastleigh

Councillor Janice Asman

Liberal Democrat

Present, as expected

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Member

Councillor Wayne Irish

Liberal Democrat

Present, as expected

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Member

Councillor Derek Mellor

Hampshire County Council

Expected

Member

Councillor Gavin Johnson

Expected

Secretary

Laura Johnston

Democratic Services Manager

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Vivian Achwal

Winchester City Council

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor David Betts

Allbrook Parish Council

Present, as expected

Deputy

Councillor Tony Bronk

Winchester City Council

Expected

Deputy

Councillor Sue Cook

Winchester City Council

Present, as expected

Deputy

Councillor Alan Dowden

Test Valley Borough Council

Expected

Member

Councillor David Fuller

Southampton City Council

Expected

Chair

Cabinet Member for Transport

Councillor Tim Groves

Eastleigh Borough Council

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Martin Hatley

Test Valley Borough Council

Expected

Public

Councillor Richard Izard

Colden Common Parish Council

Expected

Member

Councillor Waine Lawton

Twyford Parish Council

Apologies

Member

Councillor Kelsie Learney

Winchester City Council

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Rick MacDonald

West End Parish Council

Expected

Member

Councillor John Savage

Southampton City Council

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Spiros Vassiliou

Southampton City Council

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Martin Lyon

Bishopstoke Parish Council

Present, as expected

Deputy

Councillor Anne Winstanley

Bishopstoke Parish Council

Present, as expected

Member

Hampshire Chamber of Commerce

Expected

Member

Solent Local Enterprise Partnership

Expected

Member

Fran Downton

Tourism South East

Expected

Member

Mrs J Smith

Bitterne Park Residents' Association

Expected

Member

Lisa Hayes

Townhill Park Residents' Association

Present, as expected

Member

Steve Szalay

Southampton International Airport

Expected

Member

Chris Myers

NATS

Expected

Advisor

Steve Thurston

Southampton International Airport

Present, as expected

Advisor

Amy Le Vieux

Southampton Airport

Expected

Advisor

Nigel Spence

Southampton International Airport

Present, as expected

Member

Phil Dominey

South Western Railway

Present, as expected

Deputy

Nick Farthing

Hampshire Chamber of Commerce

Expected

Officer

Senior Pollution Control Officer

Neil Scott

Eastleigh Borough Council

Expected

Officer

Regulatory Services,

Rosie Zambra

Southampton City Council

Present, as expected

Officer

Dave Ingram

Winchester City Council

Present, as expected

Member

Chris Hall

Parability

Expected

Member

Dave Cox

Aurigny

Expected

Member

Paul Rogers

Border Force

Expected

Public

Paul Openshaw

Eastleigh Green Party

Expected

Public

Jody Ball

Cross Country Trains

Expected

Public

Alex Bray

Cross Country Trains

Expected

Public

Richard Gibson

Cross Country Trains

Expected

Non Committee Member

Caroline Nokes MP

Romsey and Southampton North Parliamentary Constituency

Expected

Non Committee Member

Royston Smith MP

Southampton Itchen

Expected

Non Committee Member

Alan Whitehead MP

Southampton Test Parliamentary Constituency

Expected

Non Committee Member

Steve Brine MP

Winchester Parliamentary Constituency

Expected

Public

Personal Assistant to Managing Director of Southampton Airport

Julie Stirling

Southampton International Airport

Expected

Member

Councillor Matthew Bunday

Southampton City Council

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Derek Pretty

Liberal Democrat

Present, as expected

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Non Committee Member

Member of Parliament for Eastleigh

Paul Holmes MP

Eastleigh Parliamentary Constituency

Expected

Agenda

2 Minutes

Attachments:

Document Minutes of Previous Meeting 26 Jan 2023

Minutes RESOLVED –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 7 October 2022 be agreed as a correct record.

3 Operations Director's Update

Including the runway extension.

Minutes The Operations Director reported that:

· There had been no safety issues or incidents reported in the last four months.

· Passenger numbers had continued to increase with passenger numbers for 2023 forecast at 850k.

· Marlhill Copse Planning appeal was lost and now looking at next steps. Will come back with an update.

· The British Safety Council awarded the Airport a Distinction at the International Safety Awards, a 5 star safety award and a Sword of Honour.

· The Operations Director was proud to announce the work they had been doing with local Schools and Universities.

An update was given on the Airport runway extension. The main works will be commencing at the beginning of April. The airport was currently working with Eastleigh Borough Council to carry out assessments on the conditions that were agreed. A lot of work has been undertaken on the Section 106. The majority of the work will not come into effect until 2024 once the construction has been completed.

4 Noise

Minutes The Airport presented the number of helicopter movements and training flights between June and September. Over the 4 months, 113 complaints from 26 households had been received with the majority of complaints from the Bitterne Park area.

5 Noise Action Plan

Minutes The Noise Action Plan has now been submitted to the Secretary of State and waiting approval.

Councillor Savage raised concerns that the link to complain about noise was hidden and requested that it was made clearer on the website.

6 Airspace Change (Airspace Modernisation)

Minutes The Airspace Change timeline was presented and the stages were explained to the Committee.

Councillor Susan Cook asked if the consultation will be opened up to wider areas.

7 Jet Zero Update

Minutes The Operations Director gave the Committee an update on Jet Zero and summarised the Government aim to achieve net zero aviation by 2050. Hyperlinks with further information were included in the slides that have been appended to the minutes.

Councillor Savage asked what was being put in place to help reduce noise. The Operations Director will come back to a future meeting with further information on noise reduction measures.

Stuart Baker, Solent LEP, offered to attend a future meeting to provide an update on Solent Cluster.

8 Accessibility Forum

Minutes The Accessibility Forum met on 21 October 2022 with the next meeting planned for 28 April 2023.

Councillor Asman was appointed as Chair to the Forum and new attendees were welcome to attend.

Winchester Area Access for All carried out a passenger experience audit. The proposed recommendations have now been implemented at the Airport.

Open Site Eastleigh attended the Airport on 19 January and made other useful suggestions.

Councillor Irish suggested that Solent Mind were contacted to see if they wanted to be included in the Forum. Lisa Hayes suggested Carers in Southampton.

9 Technical Working Group feedback

Minutes The Technical Working Group met on 13 January 2023 and discussed the agenda items for this meeting.

10 Date and time of next meeting

The next meeting will take place on 23 June 2023 at 2pm in the Otter Meeting Room at Lakeside Country Park.

Minutes It was agreed that the next meeting will take place on Friday 23 June 2023 at 2pm in the Otter Meeting Room at Lakeside Country Park.

Previous Meetings

7th Feb 2025