Representation by Sunhill South Godstone RTM Co. Ltd (Sunhill South Godstone RTM Co. Ltd)
- Date submitted
- 24 October 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
[Redacted] which is managed by the Sunhill South Godstone RTM Co Ltd is a house built in the 1890's now converted into six dwellings. It is directly in the flight path when taking off to the East and turning West over the property - one runway is sufficient two would be intolerable The existing climate emergency should be considered - any increased movements would add a significant amount of carbon and greenhouse gases This extension should not be allowed to happen. 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