Representation by The Bird-Hellsten Family (The Bird-Hellsten Family)
- Date submitted
- 24 October 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
We are about 20 miles from Gatwick. We moved here 20 years ago knowing of the noise from aircraft. We have learned to cope and are grateful for some degree of respite by the use of alternative approaches. But at times it is unbearable and leaves one in a state of hopelessness, being trapped, anger, desperation at the inability to do anything about it. Night flights are getting worse. The thought that all this can be increased by another runway is abhorrent to us. Not just the dreadful persistent intrusive noise, but the thought that this is all just a commercial gain for unknown individuals, possibly foreigners abroad. Is there really any need for this from a broader perspective? Ecologically it is wrong. Will people travel in the future? Its mostly holiday traffic. I have been there out of season and its dead. One could go on, of course. We as a family of 15 people strongly, strongly object.