Representation by Richard Thomas Herson
- Date submitted
- 18 October 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
My concerns relate to the additional aircraft noise nuisance and pollutants that will result from the expansion of Gatwick airport along with the expansion of Heathrow, London City, Luton, Biggin Hill, Farnborough and Stansted airports. The air traffic from each of these airports will also overfly the postcodes and regions around Gatwick Airport making a continuous wall of aggressive sound waves. I also want to see the details of the economic business case specifically the value of money leaving the country and the amount of the UK tax breaks provided on fuel and people transfer. I would like a full explanation of the impact on the other airports that also share the same airspace as Gatwick i.e. will their flights be moved, become more concentrated, become higher or lower in altitude? I would like published Gatwick's Arrival Stacks volumes will be impacted and how their usage is expected to be impacted i.e. used for flight separation and for vectoring. I would like to see published and peer reviewed research into the health impact of low frequency aircraft sound waves.