Representation by Edward Morgan
- Date submitted
- 18 November 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I oppose this Gatwick Airport application for a northern runway because it is a new runway and as such does not comply with policy, Government’s Aviation Strategy (Gatwick does not have 2 runways ‘existing’ that it can operate concurrently today as such it is a new runway). The south east is already congested - road, rail and air. The new runway will increase aircraft noise with an additional 101,000 flights a year bringing the annual total to 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 and luggage. 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 Report. Available at: www.theccc.org.uk).