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Representation by The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP (The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP)

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

I write these comments in my capacity as Member of Parliament for Tonbridge and Malling. In brief, Gatwick Airport have submitted plans which would bring their northern runway into use. This is, in effect, a second runway at Gatwick Airport. Gatwick’s plans, if approved, would have a significant impact on Tonbridge, Edenbridge and surrounding villages for decades to come. Expansion would be environmentally damaging and our community would not see the economic benefits of expansion that many other communities would. The potential employment and economic benefits can only be considered fully alongside the implications for the environment, the impact on residents under its flight path and the wider local infrastructure.