Here’s a Campaign Flyer for you to use

Posted on January 28, 2015

A key focus for this campaign is to let people know about what City Airport is planning. Many people who will be affected by the proposed flight path changes and expansion plans don’t even know it’s on the cards.

City Airport clearly doesn’t want to engage with local residents: they made one attempt to contact local press about the flight path changes – and during the August Bank Holiday week!

So it’s down to us to tell people what’s going on. Your help is vital here:

Please print this poster and display it in your window so it’s visible from the street.
Then print a few extra copies and hand them out to your neighbours.

Click here to download poster: Campaign Flyer

It may not seem a lot, but think about how many people will become aware of this campaign if everyone who reads this does this!

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3rd February: Newham to hear City Airport expansion application

Posted on January 28, 2015

On 3rd February Newham Council will hear City Airport’s application to expand. This, despite the fact that the latest public consultation on the application only closed on 23rd February. Clearly Newham council officers are quick readers!

The agenda is up there along with the Planning Officers report, in which they recommend to grant the planning application both for the hotel and the infrastructure, can be found at http://mgov.newham.gov.uk/ieAgenda.aspx?M=10678.

Date: Tuesday 3rd February 2015 Time 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Main Hall, Old Town Hall, Stratford, 29 Broadway, London E15 4BQ

Contact: Shirley Fortune, Principal Committees and Partnerships Officer
Tel: 020 3373 1255;
e-mail: shirley.fortune@newham.gov.uk

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How to respond to London City’s application to expand

Posted on January 14, 2015

We’ve just heard that City Airport has asked Newham Borough Council if they can double the size of the terminal. Their planning application includes a request to build an extended taxiway and bigger parking stands so that larger aircraft can use the airport. It also wants to provide more car parking spaces.

So now City Airport are not only trying to get all planes to fly over one narrow flight path, but they’ll be bigger too!

So the next action for us is to write to Newham to tell them why you object to these planning applications. Unfortunately, the closing date is this Friday 23 January so we need to act quick.

If you want to object, then please email sunil.sahadevan@newham.gov.uk at Newham Council, putting “13/01228/FUL and 13/01373/OUT” in the title line of the email. Feel free to adapt the following template:

Dear Mr. Sahadevan,

I live under a London City Airport flight path and am concerned about the above consultations. I urge Newham to reject the application for the following reasons:

If the expansion works go ahead, there is no guarantee that the larger planes that will be able to use the airport will be quieter than the current aircraft and already I have to tolerate a significant amount of noise from its planes.
The bigger planes will also convey more passengers, and this will result in more traffic on the local roads, leading to increased levels of pollution, noise and congestion.

Regards,

[NAME, FIRST PART OF YOUR POSTCODE]

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Campaign group supports Mayor’s bid to have final say over flight numbers at London City Airport

Posted on January 14, 2015

Press Release

14/1/15 for immediate use

Campaign group supports Mayor’s bid to have final say over flight numbers at London City Airport

The campaign group HACAN East has backed the Mayor of London’s bid to have the final say over the number of planes which are allowed to use London City Airport. The Mayor has said in his response to the airport’s current consultation on its plans for expansion that he wants the authority to veto any future proposals to do away with existing cap of 120,000 aircraft a year.

HACAN East chair John Stewart, said, “We fully support the Mayor’s request. It is a nonsense that one London borough, Newham, should decide how many planes can use the airport when the impact of the airport affects vast swathes of London.”

The current consultation does not involve any request by London City to increase flight numbers. What it wants is permission to build an extended taxiway and bigger parking stands so that larger aircraft can use the airport. It also wants to double the size of the terminal and provide more car parking spaces.

The consultation closes on Friday 23rd January, with Newham expected to make a decision later in the year.

ENDS

Notes for Editors:

(1). HACAN East has urged Newham to reject the application because:

There is no guarantee that the larger planes that will be able to use the airport if the expansion works go ahead will be quieter than the current aircraft.
The bigger planes will convey more passengers. This will result in more traffic on the local roads, leading to increased levels of pollution, noise and congestion.

For further information:

John Stewart on 0207 737 6641 or 07957385650

DID YOU KNOW

• LCY already have permission for 111,000 flights per year; up to 592 flights per weekday

• LCY have 5 noise monitors close to the airport and 1 in SE28; the only monitor south of the river. You can access these monitors to see the noise measurement an aircraft from ANY airport creates as it flies over. https://webtrak.emsbk.com/lcy

• London is the most overflown city in the world, with 6 London airports (LCY, Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, Southend). We also hear long haul planes that overfly the UK

• Home buyers can research if your home is under a concentrated flight path, which could jeopardise your house sale

• A concentrated flight path (first introduced in 2016) means all aircraft follow the same route; like a motorway. It means there is no escape if you live under it. The routes will be reviewed in 2025. If you want your views heard, keep following HACAN East

• 16 London boroughs live under the concentrated flight paths of LCY

• LCY does not communicate with all those under their flight paths when they want to make changes that affect us, so our views often go unheard

In the UK there are over 50 campaign groups against airport noise, pollution and expansion. Every major country also have campaign groups. We are not alone.

• International studies have identified how aircraft noise and pollution impacts health; sleep deprivation, stress, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, dementia, etc

• LCY is in the London Borough of Newham, who have approved all previous expansion planning applications. However, Newham Council have rejected the latest application for more early morning flights and flights till 7:30pm on a Saturday

• There are several free apps you can download to monitor all the aircraft in your area. FlightRadar24 shows you which operator, height, time, date, etc. you’ll realise that not all noisy aircraft relate to LCY

• There is a free app you can download called Explane. It measures the decibels of one aircraft overhead. It also records which operator, height, time, date, etc. you can submit the information to an international database.

• Although you may record 75-80 decibels of noise from a single aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority allows airports to average out the sound over 16 hours (7am-11pm) so it reduces the appearance of the impact on Londoners

• LCY suggest that when new generation aircraft finally come to the airport, they will be 5 decibels quieter. Scientists have proved that the human ear will not be able to detect any decrease in noise

• Your voice can be heard at the quarterly LCY Consultative Committee attended by HACAN East

January 2015

Here’s a Campaign Flyer for you to use

3rd February: Newham to hear City Airport expansion application

How to respond to London City’s application to expand

Campaign group supports Mayor’s bid to have final say over flight numbers at London City Airport

HACAN East

DID YOU KNOW