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Name: Airport Consultative Committee
Start: 2022-10-07T13:00:00Z
End: 2022-10-07T17:00:00Z
Location: Microsoft Teams

Airport Consultative Committee - Eastleigh

Agenda

Published

Minutes

Published

Meeting Times

Scheduled Time

Start:
Friday, 7th October 2022
2:00 PM

End:
Friday, 7th October 2022
6:00 PM

Actual Time

Started:
Friday, 7th October 2022
2:00 PM

Finished:
Friday, 7th October 2022
7:32 PM

Meeting Status

Status:
Confirmed

Date:
07 Oct 2022

Location:
Microsoft Teams

Meeting Attendees

Member

Chris Myers

NATS

Expected

Non Committee Member

Member of Parliament for Eastleigh

Paul Holmes MP

Eastleigh Parliamentary Constituency

Expected

Public

Personal Assistant to Managing Director of Southampton Airport

Julie Stirling

Southampton International Airport

Expected

Vice-Chair

Mayor of Eastleigh

Councillor Janice Asman

Liberal Democrat

Present, as expected

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Member

Councillor Derek Pretty

Liberal Democrat

Present, as expected

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Secretary

Laura Johnston

Democratic Services Manager

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Vivian Achwal

Winchester City Council

Apologies

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

Apologies

Deputy

Councillor Alan Dowden

Test Valley Borough Council

Expected

Member

Councillor David Fuller

Southampton City Council

Expected

Member

Cabinet Member for Transport

Councillor Tim Groves

Eastleigh Borough Council

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Martin Hatley

Test Valley Borough Council

Expected

Member

Councillor Wayne Irish

Liberal Democrat

Present, as expected

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Public

Councillor Richard Izard

Colden Common Parish Council

Apologies

Member

Councillor Waine Lawton

Twyford Parish Council

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Kelsie Learney

Winchester City Council

Present, as expected

Member

Councillor Rick MacDonald

West End Parish Council

Expected

Member

Councillor Derek Mellor

Hampshire County Council

Present, as 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

Expected

Member

Steve Szalay

Southampton International Airport

Expected

Advisor

Steve Thurston

Southampton International Airport

Expected

Advisor

Amy Le Vieux

Southampton Airport

Expected

Advisor

Nigel Spence

Southampton International Airport

Expected

Member

Phil Dominey

South Western Railway

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

Expected

Officer

Dave Ingram

Winchester City Council

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

Agenda

2 Minutes

Attachments:

Document Minutes of Previous Meeting 29 Sep 2022
Document SOU ACC - OD Update - Oct 22 - copy for minutes 18 Oct 2022

Minutes RESOLVED –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 24 June 2022 be agreed as a correct record.

3 Term of Office for Chair

It is recommended that the Term of Office for Chair is amended to two years. The Constitution will be updated accordingly.

Minutes The Honorary Secretary to the Committee introduced the item and explained the reasons for the recommendation. Councillors Savage, Bunday and Vassiliou advised that they had not received the agenda and advance warning of this item.

It was confirmed that the communication had been sent; and IT settings for Southampton City Council receiving communications would be checked.

RESOLVED –

It was agreed that the Term of Office for Chair be amended to two years. The Constitution will be updated accordingly.

4 Operations Director's Update

Minutes The Operations Director reported that:

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

· The runway extension’s legal process was now complete, and work was now able to commence on the project.

· Passenger numbers were continuing to increase, and the airport had resumed to their normal opening hours.

· Emerald Airlines and Flybe were now flying from Southampton.

· The British Safety Council had awarded the Airport a Distinction at the International Safety Awards 2022 and a 5 star safety award.

· The Operations Director attended the Sustainability Expo and encouraged people to engage and work with them.

· MarlhillCopse Planning Appeal Hearing was to take place in November.

· The Airport have arranged three dates for Councillors to visit the airport. The dates were as follows:

- Thursday 27 October 1400 - 1600

- Monday 31 October 1300 – 1500

- Tuesday 8 November 1000 – 1200

The Head of Planning and Development provided an update with regards to the extension of the runway. The Airport are currently working closely with the planning team at Eastleigh Borough Council and reviewing the Construction Management Plan. Construction is due to start in early 2023.

The Section 106 was presented and discussed.

5 Noise Update

Minutes The Noise Forum was discussed. Councillors Bunday and Savage requested that the membership be reviewed as they feel a lot of the focus seems to target Eastleigh residents rather than Southampton. Councillor Savage requested that St Denys had a representative.

The Airport presented the number of helicopter movements and training flights between June and September. Over the 4 months, 299 complaints from 64 households had been received with the majority of complaints from the Bitterne Park area. The noise complaint received for the flight between the hours of midnight and 1am was not a Southampton flight.

6 Noise Action Plan Update

Attachments:

Document Steve Szalay written response to the query on the NAP public consultation 18 Oct 2022

Minutes The Noise Action Plan is currently being rewritten for 2023.

A timeline was presented to the Committee.

The Parish Clerk for Colden Common Parish Council advised that she was not aware that the Noise Action Plan had gone to public consultation. Steve committed to find out who emails were sent to and provide a written response

Councillor Martin Lyon joined the meeting at 15:05.

7 Airspace Change Update

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

8 Environmental update - Carbon Management Plan

Minutes The Airport provided an update which included the Carbon Management Plan. (see appended slides)

9 Accessibility Forum

Minutes The Accessibility Forum were due to meet on 21 October 2022. New attendees and organisations will be welcome.

10 Technical Working Group feedback

Minutes The Technical Working Group met on 23 September 2022. All items discussed at the meeting had been covered in today’s agenda.

11 Date and time of next meeting

The next meeting will take place on the 3 February 2023 at 2pm. Location to be confirmed.

Minutes It was agreed the next meeting would take place on Friday 3 February 2023 via Microsoft Teams.

Previous Meetings

7th Feb 2025