Representation by Chiddingstone Parish Council (Chiddingstone Parish Council)
- Date submitted
- 17 October 2023
- Submitted by
- Parish councils
Chiddingstone Parish Council comprises of democratically elected Parish Councillors who represent the views of their electors. The Parish Council and parishioners of Chiddingstone object to the proposal to expand Gatwick Airport for the following reasons. 1. Aircraft noise. Chiddingstone parish is directly under the arrivals flight path and already suffers from intolerable aircraft noise. Any expansion of the airport would increase aircraft noise further. 2. Pollution. Expansion of Gatwick Airport on the scale proposed would increase very substantially the CO2 emissions and other climate impacts associated with the airport's operations and flights. 3. Night flights. A ban on night flights should be a condition of any expansion at Gatwick. The airport should also be required to set out a comprehensive package of measures to incentivise the use of the quietest aircraft at night outside the hours of a ban. 4. No need. Gatwick Airport’s overall case for expansion does not comply with the Airports National Policy Statement which requires airports (other than Heathrow) to demonstrate sufficient need to justify their expansion proposals, additional to / different from the need which would be met by the provision of a Northwest Runway at Heathrow. The proposed expansion of Gatwick Airport would have a huge adverse environmental effect on our community in the Green Belt and High Weald AONB.