In a 2011 report within The Economist Intelligence Unit, Professor John Kasarda of the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler business school argues that airports are set to shape urban development in the decades to come by pointing to a shift in many places where airports no longer simply serve the city. 

The Government’s ‘Future of Air Transport’ White Paper, published in 2003, identifies Stansted Airport as having potential for growth in the future.

In 2010, just over 18.5 million passengers used Stansted and BAA have anticipated that this number is set to increase to 35 million per annum by 2015.

The village of Stansted and the airport are accessible by road from Junction 8 of the M11 Motorway and by train from London’s Liverpool Street Station. The journey takes only 45 minutes on the Stansted Express.

With global population and air passenger number increases, multi million pound investments in the area and identification at both a regional and governmental level of the future growth surrounding the Stansted area.

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• 45 minutes from London’s Liverpool Street Station
• 2.7 miles from the major market town of Bishop’s Stortford
• 28 miles from the commercial hub of Cambridge’s silicon Valley
• 3.7 acres of land in total
• Accessibility by road from Junction 8 of M11 and London Stansted Airport
• Other arterial roadways include the A120, and the A1M and M25 motorways
• The village has attracted much interest from developers with Taylor Wimpy recently building a number of affordable houses nearby and interest in the area continues to flourish
• The area has a broad range of shops and facilities
• A number of good schools catering from primary to sixth form level are in the area
• The annual requirement for affordable housing in 2009 was 295. The actual delivered was 67 a shortfall of 228
• A diverse selection of leisure options from museums to gymnasiums
• Average Uttlesford (local area) detached property price is £498,712 with an annual change in house price +18.2% (source BBC News web page 17th November 2010)
• The site is not affected by flooding
• Uttlesford has the 4th highest life expectancy in the whole of the UK (80)
• Uttlesford house prices are back to 97% of where they were pre-credit crunch (2007)
• The site is being put forward to be included in the council SHLAA (Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment)
• Stansted Airport serves over 22.8 million passengers each year and was voted the world’s best low-cost airline at the 2011 World Airports Awards

Following a feasibility study by Greenwood Bell – they have suggested that a housing project of 18 upmarket homes as shown below would be an ideal development for our Stansted site.