Representation by John Robertson
- Date submitted
- 17 September 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
In my opinion this airport has expanded already beyond the location occupied and current operations give rise to serious levels of pollution and nuisance over three counties. • I protest against the application for a northern runway because it is a new runway not a development of an existing runway. • Policy has been misinterpreted by the applicant as this is an application 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 - as such it is a new runway being constructed. • Increase in aircraft noise – evidence an additional 101,000 flights a year to a cap of 386,000. • Lack of affordable housing locally to enable workers to walk or cycle to work as the applicant proposes. Plus a lack of amenities. • Low skilled jobs are offered with little job security due to the volatile nature of the airport’s leisure business. • 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. • 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. • 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