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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Love is....'Plane Stupid'


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AIRCRAFT NOISE & WHO TO COMPLAIN TOO

London City Airport aircraft and operations:

Robin Whitehouse, Environmental Officer, London Borough of Newham:
Tel: 020 8430 2000
Email: Robin.Whitehouse@newham.gov.uk.

You can also report complaints directly to the airport - but you are highly recommended to also copy in (or call) Robin Whitehouse at Newham Council on any correspondance regarding complaints so that accurate complaint levels are recorded.

Gary Hodgetts,London City Airport,City Aviation House,Royal Docks,London E16 2PB
Tel: 0207 646 0200
Fax: 0207 473 9588

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FIGHT THE FLIGHTS

Consultation - what consultation?

Newham Council are the planning authority for London City Airport and the masterplan. London City Airport (LCA) have just had a 50% increase in flights approved, taking flights up to 120,000 and is forecast to have 170,600 by 2030.

Read LCA's website and you'd think that a wonderful, well organised consultation had taken place by LCA themselves - and not only that, but what a good relationship they have with their neighbours.

So step in Newham Council Planning Department..who would be sure to consult ALL residents affected surely? Alas, Newham Planning seemed to have done nothing more than pin the map on the wall, and stick a pin in the map randomly. It did land in Newham, which was a bonus for Newham residents really - but not many. In fact it seems that an area south of the A13 was pinned by the donkeys tail. How many homes were 'consulted' is debateable as it seems the amount stated by Newham planning changes from day to day, we started at 16,000 then it's sometimes 10,000 other times 13,000. Additionally it is reported by our insider at Newham Council that £300,000 was allocated for this consultation. 13,000 letters into £300,000 plus a few newspaper adverts...it just doesn't add up.

Essentially as the application is a major one, Newham Council should have written to all households within a certain radius of the airport - regardless to if they were outside their borough or not.

In reality there have been quite a few changes at LCA over the past few years - just 3 years ago there were few jet planes flying in and out of this flood endangered airport...now residents suffer from around 90% of flights being jets, and the remaining propellor planes. Life has changed rather a lot over here in East /South East London - now having windows or doors open is a luxury that can only happen for the 23 and a half hours flight free time over the weekend due to the noise levels of 55db upwards to 65db. But it's worth noting there are flights 7 days a week.

So far the consulatation by all parties has been a complete fiasco - huge amounts of residents who will be affected not being notified - planning departments being obstructive and defensive at any feedback of the heady levels of a fiasco they have led this application into....and that was just the start two years ago and so much has happened since..

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