Would you be happy to accept a new flight path over your home to allow aviation to grow?  Campaign to Protect Rural England are running a national survey until 1 st  June that asks this and other questions about aircraft noise.  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/cpreaviation CPRE produced this ‘Flight Blight’ document earlier in the year http://www.cpresussex.org.uk/campaigns/gatwick/item/3069-flight-blight-the-environmental-and-social-costs-of-aviation-expansion Department for [...]

Stop Gatwick Expansion CAGNE continues to work hard in preparation for when Gatwick Airport returns to normal operations with 285,000 flights a year and a master plan for growth. At present, Gatwick has stopped its ‘behind closed doors’ meetings with your local authorities and rail and road agencies concerning plans to rebuild the emergency runway [...]

The court decision concerning Heathrow expansion is to be challenged by the backers of Heathrow. The Airport Commission found unanimously in favour of Heathrow expansion for many reasons including the lack of work force, poor infrastructure and not the economic answer for our country to prosper – nothing has changed. Gatwick expansion with 3 runways [...]

Aircraft noise is a problem for millions of communities up and down the country, as well as overseas.  No matter how many airlines tell you that planes are far quieter than they were, the government department itself has found that intolerance towards aircraft noise has grown. As a result of investigation by the Airports Commission [...]

Please write to the Secretary of State for Transport or your Members of Parliament and state that the growth proposed by Gatwick Airport from the main runway is part of a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) under the Planning Act 2008 examination. Download suggested letter here Call In Standard letter The planned main runway growth [...]

What do you think of Gatwick Airport expansion plans? We want to know your views - please take part in a 5 minute survey   https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/R9N2WTV

"This is simply a second runway by stealth," says CAGNE in response to the Gatwick Airport announcement on the 18th July that they intend to use the emergency runway on a regular basis which will create a 36% increase in aircraft movements and put around 70m passengers and workers on the M23 and single railway [...]

CAGNE final response to the Government's Aviation Green Paper consultation - deadline 20th June. Click the link below to download our response: CAGNE Government Aviation Green Paper  

This the CAGNE response to the CAP 1616 consultation on Route 4 stage 2 - it is extremely unfair that Gatwick have chosen to only consult those under Route 4 leaving those under other westerly routes vulnerable to noise being moved as suggested in the Gatwick stage 2 paper. Stage 3 - the public consultation [...]