In December all the Campaign Groups opposing the changes to flight paths came together to form a joint message to take to Government, and indeed to show to all that we are as one.
Yeserday, that message was delivered to Downing Street by Campaign Group leaders, in the company of MPs Sir John Stanley, Sir Nicholas Soames, Crispin Blunt and Nick Herbert. (Unfortunately I could not be there).
The story was featured in The Standard last night:
"Flight changes into Gatwick are ruining lives, claims minister":
Read the Standard article here
The BBC interviewed Richard Streafeild (Chair of the High Weald group)
- you can see it here for the next 24 hours (19 minutes in):
Sir John Stanley, MP, was interviewed by ITV News outside No.10:
The Judicial Review we launched recently may be viewed on our website, or here:
Witness Statement by Martin_Barraud of GON
Statement of Facts and Grounds
Thank you for all your many messages of support as we endeavour to bring some tranquillity to your skies.
Martin Barraud
Chair
gatwickobviouslynot.org
23rd March 2015
Prime Minister
10 Downing Street
Westminster
London
SW1A 2AA
Dear Prime Minister
This statement of objectives, below, has been developed in response to the existing and potentially negative impacts of airspace changes at Gatwick Airport.
The re-organisation of airspace infrastructure around Gatwick has led to the introduction of changes in aircraft routing, based on technology changes in order to increase the runway throughput.
The changes have failed to properly take account of the impact of aircraft noise and noise shadows on the communities affected and have failed to meet government policy that is to reduce the number of people significantly affected by aircraft noise.
More people are now significantly affected by aircraft noise and further use of concentration will only exacerbate this statistic.
We, the undersigned, therefore propose the following:
We wish to record the fact that communities within our groups are in tranquil, rural areas and are significantly affected by noise below 10,000ft. We are hopeful that the plight of these communities can be improved through our proposed change in policy to use PBN for maximum dispersal for flight arrivals and departures.
Issue: The A320 series of aircraft have a design fault in their wing fuel filler caps, which cause a debilitating whine. A straightforward fix exists via the fitting of a ‘vortex generator’
Resolution: Ensure the retrofitting of vortex generators to correct this fault on aircraft used by operators at the soonest opportunity, by all means possible
Signatories on behalf of communities in West Sussex, Surrey, East Sussex and Kent:
Sally Pavey, CAGNE
Communities Against Gatwick Noise and Emissions
www.cagne.org
Dominic Nevill, ESCCAN
East Sussex Communities for the Control of Air Noise
Brendon Sewill, GACC
Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign<
www.gacc.org.uk
Martin Barraud, GON
Gatwick Obviously Not.org
www.gatwickobviouslynot.org
Ian Hare, PAGNE
Pulborough Against Gatwick Noise and Emissions
Ian-hare@lineone.net
Mike Ward, Plane Wrong
www.planewrong.co.uk
Also representing :
CAGNE East
Communities Against Gatwick Noise and Emissions East
LGVS
Langton Green Village Society
SPAG
Speldhurst Action Group
March 23rd 2015
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