Representation by Jan May
- Date submitted
- 22 September 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Objections to Gatwick Airport expansion: 1. Adverse impact on the environment. In times when we are encouraged to buy electric cars, heat pumps, solar panels, etc. it makes no sense to increase the environmental damage due to increasing the number of aircraft. 2. Noise. The planned routes will fly over several populated areas, including North Horsham. This will have an adverse affect on the area that is already beset by road traffic noise and pollution. It will have a detrimental effect on house prices and mental health. 3. Change in working: With the advancement of technology, it has become less important for businesses to travel to undertake work. We have seen vast changes in remote working in a couple of years, this will only continue. 4. People going on holiday. Why do we want to encourage people to go abroad on their holidays, this results in their money being spent abroad rather than benefitting this country.Gatwick presents a false economy to workers and residents. With recession and downturn of the economy, Gatwick Airport is hit the hardest due to its business model of leisure travel. 5. Infrastructure: The South East is already overcrowded with massive expansion of houses on green spaces. It suffers from lack of infrastructure to support this, resulting in traffic jams, lack of access to medical facilities and school places. This will only get worse with Gatwick expansion. 6. Nothing has changed since Gatwick was turned down in favour of Heathrow expansion by the Airport Commission in 2015. Gatwick sits on a single arterial road (M23) and a single railway line that can’t be expanded.