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Representation by Peter James

Date submitted
10 November 2023
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

I cannot conceive how expanding the number of flights by bringing the emergency runway into use, will reduce the carbon emissions. Surely we should be thinking holistically about emissions, and hence should be reducing flights, not expanding. The daily flights window near to where I live in Ockley is quite long now, and will seem even longer if more flights are allowed under this proposal. I therefore challenge the validity of this proposal on both emissions and noise.