Representation by Alice Gordon Clark
- Date submitted
- 18 October 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
This would impact our day to day life with the noise pollution and air pollution and I have two [REDACTED] sons one who is living in Crawley Down and one with me who would not like the extra noise pollution as they are sensitive to this. I oppose this Gatwick Airport application for a northern runway because it is a new runway – · 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 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. And 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