From the Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign
13th January 2017
From the Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign
Night flights
The Department for Transport has published their consultation on the night flight regime for the coming five years. It is at Night Flight Restrictions at Heathrow Gatwick and Stansted
You may like to see the attached press release which we have put out today.
In about a fortnight we will send you our draft response and will welcome your views.
Noise Management Board
The next meeting of the Gatwick Noise Management Board (NMB) on Tuesday 31 January is open to the public, and there will be a 45 minute question and answer session. If you would like to attend please see nmb-31-jan-17-invitation
You may recall that the NMB was set up in response to protests about the new flight paths introduced in 2013-14. In addition to various aviation bodies such as air traffic control, it has on it four representatives of local protest groups with another four protest groups acting as alternates.
GACC represents the whole area around the airport and is a member of the main airport consultative committee but is not a member of the NMB. Because the local protest groups only represent specific areas, and indeed because there are many towns and villages not represented on the NMB, GACC initially proposed that all NMB meetings should be open to the public so that those not represented could have their say, but it was decided that only one in every four meetings (this is the fourth) is open. For more details see a note on the NMB on GACC and the NMB 17.8
Brendon Sewill
Chairman
Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign
For more information about Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign
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John Byng 01293 537234
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