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Representation by Edward Nicholas Heesom

Date submitted
23 October 2023
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses
  1. Planes fly over our property on most westerly direction landings. 2. Noise is worst during summer months when people sleep with they windows open. 3. A second runway will DOUBLE the number of flights, and double the noise. 4. Gatwick continue their aggressive attempts to increase flights, with every successive application turned down. The circumstances do not change; indeed, the number of residents beneath the flightpaths increases year by year. There MUST be a ceiling on the number of plane movements from each airport, sharing pane movements throughout the country. 5. Fightpaths are a motorway in the sky. The offensive noise and air pollution would be forbidden out of hand were this to be a terrestrial motorway application. 6. Penshurst, Hever and areas on the approach to Gatwick have a very high proportion of Grade 1 and Grade 2 listed buildings which are not only structurally affected by aircraft movements; but are also adversely affected inasmuch they are tourist attractions. Aircraft noise and pollution reduces their attractiveness to the paying public and adversely affects visitor experience. External theatre performances are rendered useless. Airports do not help themselves by setting themselves up to be staging posts: there is absolutely no justification in Gatwick making itself an onward destination from other regional airports to points further afield and abroad. 7. Far from increasing the number of flights, the Government regulations should REDUCE the number of aircraft movements, and increase the angle of approach so that planes are a minimum of 10,000-12,000ft far out as Penshurst, Hever.