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Representation by John Wallace

Date submitted
7 October 2018
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

I oppose establishing an commercial passenger or freight airport at Manston. Our house is in effect close to the end of the run way. We would move away if it opened, because of the noise and pollution. . It would have a negative effect on house prices in Ramsgate (who wants to live close to the end of runway). It would reverse the gradual gentrification that is happening in roads like Addington Street, or Vale square. I would have thought that even the supposed economic gains to Ramsgate (which many would argue are illusory anyway) would be more than outweighed by the negative impact of putting the town at the end of run way. I am genuinely appalled at the prospect.