SASIG response to The Airports Commission Draft ‘Appraisal Framework’
The Airports Commission published their draft Appraisal Framework on 16 January 2014, which sets out in detail how The Commission expects the short-listed scheme designs for additional airport capacity announced in December to be developed, and how the schemes will be appraised. This consultation invited responses on the draft framework which consists of 4 inter-related elements:
- The Commission’s objectives, against which options will be assessed and on which its final recommendations will be based.
- A refreshed scheme design for each short-listed option, to be used as the starting point for appraisal.
- A business case and sustainability assessment for each option, incorporating the information needed to make informed assessments against the Commission’s objectives.
- A set of appraisal modules explaining the methodologies that the Commission proposes to use in assessing options.
The consultation period ran from 16 January until 28 February 2014. A list of consultation questions was included within the Appraisal Framework document appendices.
This report presents SASIG response to the consultation questions of the Appraisal Framework.