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Representation by Louise Fletcher

Date submitted
22 October 2023
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

We have just purchased a property in Southwater, and chose the area for the peacefulness - we have put everything we have into this. The new runway would not only mean we would have planes taking off over our heads but also the planes landing would be flying overhead to get in position to land. The noise and additional pollution would be unbearable. Further to this, we are in a climate emergency, we do not need more capacity to fly, on the contrary we should be reducing air traffic and trying to achieve net zero as soon as possible. To allow this expansion the detrimental effect on the climate and environment would be devastating