Representation by Christine Churchill
- Date submitted
- 24 October 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I oppose this Gatwick Airport application for a northern runway because it is a new runway not a development of an existing runway There will be an Increase in aircraft noise – evidence an additional 101,000 flights a year to a cap of 386,000. 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