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Night Flights At Gatwick

If you are unhappy about night flights in/out of Gatwick you might like to sign the petition on the government website. Once 10,000 “signatures” have been obtained the government are obliged to respond – quite a way to go. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106462 (There are only 2,188 signatures currently) Jane Major    

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Gatwick Consultation – Gatwick Airport Second Runway

The Parish Council hopes that everyone will find the time to respond to the Consultation Document -‘Gatwick Airport Second Runway’, and that they will also encourage friends and neighbours to respond. A second runway at Gatwick would devastate this area as we know it today and would leave very little open countryside between here and Dorking. The following notes are taken from a meeting of the Council earlier in November…

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Gatwick Co-ordination Group

GATWICK CO-ORDINATION GROUP To:       Parish Council’s in Surrey, Sussex and Kent. You will be aware from the Press Statement on the 11th June, 2014 that Surrey/Sussex and Kent have formed the Gatwick Co-ordination Group established to represent the serious local concern and objections to the plan for a second runway at Gatwick Airport, which was short-listed by the Davies Commission. On the 28th July, 2014 Crispin Blunt, who is the…

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Gatwick Noise & Gatwick Flight paths

The Parish Council submitted a formal representation in response to the ‘London Air Space Change – Gatwick Local Area Consultation’ for the Gatwick Airport Flight Paths.   Since making the submission it has become clear that the routing which is causing a significant detrimental effect on our lives, was implemented by the Civil Aviation Authority without consultation (in November 2013) applying what is known as Performance Based Navigation (PBN) Standard.…

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Just Say No!

The Airports Commission, chaired by Sir Howard Davies, has included Gatwick Airport in its shortlist for potential locations for the next runway in the UK. Gatwick Airport Limited have produced a consultation paper and 17-page questionnaire about their possible runway options. After considerable pressure they have included a ‘None of these options’ check-box buried in section D. FACTS Heathrow is the only airport in the London area running near to…

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The Gatwick Airport Runway Options Consultation

Gatwick Airport Ltd has produced a 17 page questionnaire about their possible runway options. After considerable pressure they have included a ‘None of these options’ check-box buried in Section D. Responses to the consultation must be submitted online at www.gatwickairport.com/consultation click ‘have your say’ this takes you to the questionnaire or you can request a paper response form and post it to: Freepost RSLG ATKL LBAE, Gatwick Runway Consultation, Ipsos…

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Gatwick – No Chance To Say No!

Gatwick Airport’s runway consultation, to be launched on 4th april, must be revised to include a box for people to tick if they want no new runway. tHat is the demand made by GACC. If it is not done, GACC say the consultation will be ‘phoney’. It will be a no ‘NO’ vote! It is understood that, as at present planned, the consultations will provide no simple way for the…

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Gatwick Expansion

If you are concerned about Gatwick Expansion for lack of infrastructure, environmental, mass housing, loss of historic buildings and economic reasons then please visit, Like and Share the gacc.org.uk Facebook page – https:llwww.facebook.com/DoYouCareGatwick Please let residents know of this site or that the Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign, an independent group of local people endeavouring to provide the facts. can be found at www.gacc.org.uk. SALLY PAVEY

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Gatwick News – January 2014

Extracts from the GACC Press Release December’ 13 It is no surprise to see that Gatwick has been shortlisted. For the past year GACC has assumed that Gatwick would be included in the short-list of potential sites for a new runway. Now we know that only the so-called ‘wide-spaced’ runway option will be examined -the one that would cause most environmental damage. Brendon Sewill, chairman of GACC. said: ‘Now the…

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Gatwick – December Update

Gatwick news London Airspace Consultation http://www.londonairspaceconsultation.co.uk/ concerns the design of new flight-paths into and out of Gatwick Airport.   It is sponsored by Gatwick Airport Ltd (GAL) and National Air Traffic Service (NATS). This is a vast document but if you get the opportunity please do read it.   It is important because it contains the possibility that some people will suffer less noise and that others will suffer far more…

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