Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign (GACC) announce a major campaign to challenge Gatwick’s Master Plan.
Under the banner Gatwick’s Big Enough community groups around Gatwick have joined forces with GACC (Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign) to call Gatwick to account over their Master Plan growth proposals. The airport plans to grow to be the size of Heathrow today, with an increase in flights in the next 10 years to 390,000 pa (1,050 or more per day), and passenger numbers to 70 million passengers per year (190,000 or more per day). By contrast the current numbers are around 283,000 flights in 2018, and 46 million passengers. That growth will bring increased misery to thousands through noise, pollution and impacts on local infrastructure. They also mean a massive increase in CO2 emissions caused by the additional flights estimated at an increase of almost 1 million tonnes CO2 (circa 37% increase) per annum by 2050. The new campaign group is already challenging Gatwick’s attempts to bypass full scrutiny on its main runway growth plans through use of the Planning Permitted Development processes. It has made a submission to the Planning Inspectorate for Gatwick’s use of its emergency runway to be fully used. It is also planning challenges to plans for a 3rd runway.
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Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign(GACC) announce a major campaign to challenge Gatwick’s Master Plan.
12th September 2019
Under the banner Gatwick’s Big Enough community groups around Gatwick have joined
forces with GACC to call Gatwick to account over their Master Plan proposals.
The Master Plan proposes to create an airport that is as big as Heathrow is today.
An increase in aircraft movements in the next ten years to 390,000 pa (1050 or more per
day), passenger numbers to 70.0 mill pa (190,000 or more per day) all of which will bring
increased misery to thousands through noise, pollution and impacts on local infrastructure.
These plans also bring a massive increase in carbon emissions caused by the additional
flights estimated at an increase of almost 1MtCO2(circa 37% increase) per annum by
2050.
The campaign has got off to an early start with challenges to Gatwick’s attempts to bypass
full scrutiny on its main runway growth plans through use of the Planning Permitted
Development processes.
The initial submission to the Planning Inspectorate for Gatwick’s Stage Two, the expansion
and active use of the emergency/northern runway, has been made and our teams are now
in the process of preparing challenges to these proposals.
Chairman, Peter Barclay, commented “ Whilst this growth plan may be within the airport’s
own boundaries the negative impact on communities extends many miles from Gatwick’s
borders. In a society where there is increasing awareness of the downside of aviation
activities our members want us to ensure these developments are properly contained.”
Gatwick’s Big Enough – Campaigning for a better environment for the whole area around Gatwick
Contact:
01293 862821
info@gacc.org.uk
www.gacc.org.uk
GACC, founded in 1968, has as paid-up members over 50 councils and over 40 community groups. We have built a reputation for sound judgement and reliable information and thus have the support of all local Members of Parliament.
Campaigners join forces to challenge Gatwick Airport’s Master Plan
It says it campaign has got off to an early start with challenges to Gatwick’s use of the Planning Permitted Development processes. The initial submission to the Planning Inspectorate for Gatwick’s Stage Two, the expansion and active use of the emergency/ northern runway, has been made and group is now in the process of preparing challenges to these proposals.
Chairman, Peter Barclay, said: “Whilst this growth plan may be within the airport’s own boundaries, the negative impact on communities extends many miles from Gatwick’s
borders. In a society where there is increasing awareness of the downside of aviation activities, our members want us to ensure these developments are properly contained.”
A spokesman for Gatwick Airport said: “Gatwick recognises that future growth should be both economically and environmentally sustainable and is committed to delivering any future growth plans in this way. We will carry out a number of detailed studies to assess the impacts and benefits of our standby runway plan on our local region and will be consulting on the plans next year.
“The airport also recognises the importance of faster global and local action from all sectors to tackle climate change, and any future growth will be delivered in line with government policy.”
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See earlier:
Letter by Gatwick area MPs opposing Gatwick 2nd runway expansion plans – that will cause 50% more passengers, and 36% more flights
MP’s from the Gatwick Co-ordination Group have expressed concerns about the rapid growth plans for Gatwick, in their “master plan”. The MPs say more people are negatively impacted by Gatwick’s noise operations than 10 years ago, both close to the airport and many miles away under flightpaths, creating health issues and congestion locally through inadequate infrastructure. They say: “Over the past few years Gatwick Airport has continually under invested in the local amenities and social infrastructure that would be required to support a project of this size and scale. We cannot support expansion of the airport without a comprehensive investment in the local area which would ease pressure on the over-stretched road and rail systems serving the airport. At a time of increasing concern about the environmental impact of global aviation growth, the proposed expansion plans would see a marked increase in carbon emissions, with clearer environmental consequences for us all. … The safeguarding of land for a new full runway is a clear indication that Gatwick has future plans to build a 3rd runway, as well as converting the current standby runway into a second runway.”
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Gatwick plans to use emergency runway as 2nd runway, to increase passengers by 50% by 2030
Gatwick has published its Final Master Plan which confirms its plans to use its emergency runway as a second runway, by widening and re-aligning it. Gatwick says it is not considering building another runway to the south of the existing main runway, but wants to keep that land “safeguarded” for up to 25 years, in case it wants another (3rd) runway in due course. It hopes to have the emergency runway brought into use for departures by the mid-2020s. They will start to prepare a planning application for this, which will have to go through the Development Consent Order (DCO) process. Local group GACC commented that Gatwick’s new owners, the Vinci Group, have shown immediate disregard for their local community neighbours. The plans will damage and blight the lives of thousands of residents surrounding the airport, due to the noise and severe effects on a local infrastructure that is already overburdened. The extra flights, including those at night, will have serious impacts on those further away living under flight paths. The proposals to grow the airport’s capacity by between 20% and 50% over the next 10 – 12 years involve not only the 2nd runway, but also use of new technology on the main runway. This will hugely increase the airport’s carbon emissions.
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