Dec 04

Gatwick Airport Expansion

Gatwick Airport plans to expand its capacity from one to potentially three runways.

 

The Airport has just released a Master Plan which is out for consultation until 10th January. You can find the Masterplan online at: https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/growing-gatwick/long-term-plans/

 

The airport is consulting on three scenarios:

 

  1. increasing capacity on its current runway
  2. using the standby/emergency runway in combination with the current runway
  3. safeguarding land to meet its long term ambition of an additional runway, in combination with the above.

 

This means that Gatwick could become a three runway airport.

 

The impact of this on the Sussex countryside would be enormous, not just the additional noise and light pollution from an increased number of flights, but also a rise in local air pollution and congestion from increased passenger and freight movements. Local Councils would be expected to plan for additional housing and infrastructure to accommodate new workers, despite the fact that many councils are already facing a massive hike in housing targets from Government.

 

This would be very damaging for the Sussex countryside. The State of Nature 2016 report shows more than half (56%) of UK species studied are already in decline, while more than one in ten species are under threat of disappearing from our shores altogether. We must get the right balance between economic growth and protecting the natural environment.

 

We have already OBJECTED to these plans but we need your help too. Please act now and add your voice and respond to the consultation today.  Share this with your neighbours, family and friends. 

 

More information about how to respond can be found on our website: http://www.cpresussex.org.uk/campaigns/gatwick/item/2975-gatwick-stand-up-for-your-countryside-before-it-s-too-late

 

Thank you for helping us to protect the Sussex countryside.

 

Kia Trainor

Director

 

 

 

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Colin