Representation by Ms Jane Timmis MBE
- Date submitted
- 22 June 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I am a Borough Councillor and Parish Councillor for an area heavily affected by the Westerly flightpath. I am a member of the Luton Airport Consultative Committee and the Noise and Tracks Scrutiny Committee. I am strongly objecting to this application to further expand Luton Airport for the following reasons: 1) Noise, unmitigated despite promises to reduce the noise in the last planning application (2013); 2) Carbon emissions, from aircraft and from ever increasing road traffic associated with the Airport; 3) Climate Change, the Climate Change Committee report for the Government 2020, advised that there should be no further expansion of any UK airport if we were to attain zero carbon by 2050. 4) Greed on the part of the Airport and its owner Luton Council at the expense of surrounding local communities outside Luton.