Representation by Kevin Clarke
- Date submitted
- 10 September 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The CEO of Gatwick Airport should not be allowed on the Aviation Council Acknowledgement by Gatwick Airport of the environmental damage and contribution to climate change that will be caused by the proposed development. I oppose this Gatwick Airport application for a northern runway because it is actually a NEW runway, ie it's not just moving a runway 12m sideways :- 1 Policy has been misinterpreted by the applicant as this is an applicant for a new runway which does not comply with policy, Government’s Aviation Strategy. Gatwick does not have 2 runways that it can operate concurrently today - so it is a new runway! 2 We face a climate emergency, and a new runway would add a significant amount of carbon and greenhouse gases – Evidence CCC (2020) The Sixth Carbon Budget – Methodology Report. Available at: www.theccc.org.uk 3 Increase in aircraft noise – evidence an additional 101,000 flights a year to a cap of 386,000. 4 Lack of affordable housing locally to enable workers to walk or cycle to work as the applicant proposes. And lack of amenities. 5 Low skilled jobs are offered with little job security due to the volatile nature of the airport’s leisure business. 6 Gatwick sits on a single main road, the M23 which is deemed an unsafe smart road. To add to the huge increase in freight, passengers and workers will cause a significant increase in congestion on residential roads and an inevitable decline in air quality. 7 The airport sits on the Brighton Main Line, which can’t be expanded. Gatwick seeks to add an unacceptable burden to the line with over 32m extra passengers.