Stansted Airport Chamber of Commerce

Stansted re-launches highly successful Property Pack

L-R Mark Pendlington (Communications Director for BAA) Richard Hair (Chairman, Essex Branch of the National Association

Stansted Airport today re-launched its popular property pack at a special breakfast reception for up to 50 estate agents and representatives of banks and building societies. The pack, successfully introduced in 2006, will also be distributed directly to over 450 local estate agents, building societies, banks, solicitors and libraries within a 30 mile radius of the airport.

The updated pack, designed to provide the best possible information about the airport’s flight operations and future growth plans, contains details of arrival and departure flight paths, aircraft noise, development plans and destination maps - all significant issues for people who are considering buying a property near to the airport.

Attending today’s event Richard Hair, Chairman, Essex Branch of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), said: "We welcome Stansted’s property pack as a valuable tool in the armoury of information available to our home buyers and to our members. We know this pack can help make an extremely difficult decision much easier and the NAEA are pleased to be invited along to be part of Stansted’s desire to share as much information as possible with local communities."

Vicki Hughes, Noise Communications Manager for Stansted Airport, added: "We all know that buying a property can be a very difficult and demanding experience. It’s a huge decision and one we all want to get right. We know our property pack provides some really useful information that will help inform people about our plans for growth and development as well as tell them about our current operations at Stansted.

"To also help potential home buyers and local residents in the area better understand the nature of our operations, we have launched a new noise website www.stanstedairport.com/noise. This is essentially a ‘one stop shop’ for noise enquiries and provides the facility for users to log their noise enquiries and complaints on-line, as well as being able to view Stansted aircraft tracks and heights in the local area.

"And it shouldn’t be forgotten that there are also numerous benefits to living near the airport, including easy and convenient access to Stansted’s 160 destinations across Europe and beyond - an increasingly important factor in many people’s lifestyle choices.

"Stansted also has an excellent public transport network, not only providing direct rail links to London and the Midlands but supporting with a wide variety of bus and coach routes that link many local towns and villages in the area. Again, these can be important factors for anyone choosing to come and live close by."

"It’s clear the airport is a key issue for many people who are considering buying a property in the local area so we are determined to do all we can to provide them with best and most up-to-date information available about Stansted."