Representation by Elaine Greenshields
- Date submitted
- 27 October 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Each of the single track arrival options Gatwick has proposed would subject overflown communities to many times the number of aircraft they experience today. The impacts on those communities would be profound. Quality of life would be destroyed. There would be substantial health and mental health impacts. Property values would collapse, without compensation. The very few multi-track options Gatwick has retained would have less profound but still significant impacts on overflown communities. Again these have not been considered by Gatwick or the CAA. Some of these options also overfly large communities, such as Tunbridge Wells, and other areas below 7,000 feet but outside the LOAEL contour. But no account has been taken of people in these communities, because they are not considered by the airport or the CAA to be affected by aircraft noise. I am very concerned about the additional noise and pollution. It seems fair that the wide swath option is adopted as it shares noise and pollution to a wider area and it less concentrated on one area. Mental well being is a serious consideration. There are a variety of different options that Gatwick could adopt to think about local residents and not purely focused on profit.