A series of community workshops regarding a proposed expansion at Kempsey airport will be held in the first week of July.

The workshops will take place over July 4 and 5 and are aimed at offering residents living around the airport an opportunity to voice their concerns with representatives from the Kempsey Council.

Attendants are asked to register ahead of the workshops.

All workshops will have the same format and participants only need to attend once.

Council will outline the present situation at Kempsey Airport regarding the Australian International Aviation College’s (AIAC) development application.

Kempsey Shire Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the community workshops at their May meeting.

The workshops “will enable full dialogue with the community on all issues” regarding the airport, according to the council papers. 

Council is currently working on a Fly Neighbourly Agreement which will include a noise management plan. 

The AIAC DA would enable up to 250 pilots to learn their trade at Kempsey airport.

In March, the regulatory body overseeing the DA, the Joint Regional Planning Panel, voted that the application be deferred pending further reports addressing noise impacts, health, safety, and traffic issues, and potential contaminated land issues.