Representation by Brenda Bowden
- Date submitted
- 7 October 2018
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I oppose the opening of Manston as a cargo airport because I have great concerns regarding the frequency of flights especially at night. Logically if it's successful, more and more use will be made of the skies above our homes as flights will increase over time. I feel this is not good for the health of the residents. It follows that more traffic will be on the roads in and around the area and this will increase the pollution and hazards of larger volume of traffic on the Kent roads.
I do not live in Ramsgate but when shopping there once I was horrified at how long the aircraft came and wondered how on earth people coped with this low flying aircraft over their heads; and the noise was tremendous.
Personally, I have used the airport when it operated passenger flights and knowing Manston has been there far longer than I have lived here, I would have no objection to a different type of use, i.e. passenger plus daytime cargo deliveries, but night flights? NO!