February 2020 Dear Sir John, Following your recent meeting with one of my colleagues, I wanted to follow up with you regarding our airspace plans. You have always been clear with us that Heathrow needs to focus on operational improvements today, as well as with expansion, to improve our airspace operations. I thought it...
I met the management of Heathrow again recently. They are consulting further on the development of the airport, and will early next year consult on possible flight path changes. I reminded them of the noise increases constituents have experienced since the change of the Compton Gate and routes and pressed them again to change...
I attended the Heathrow consultation at Parliament this week. I renewed my lobbying concerning excessive plane noise when the wind comes from the east following changes to flight routes in 2014. The airport said they would be consulting again about the noise issue later this year and were working on ways of abating noise....
I have been in correspondence with Heathrow Airport about the impact of excessive aircraft noise on behalf of constituents. I enclose a copy of the reply I received from them: Dear John, Thank you for your email. As you will be aware, Wokingham is mainly overflown by arrivals when the airport is on easterly...
I held a further meeting with Heathrow management last week at Conservative conference. I stressed that there are still many complaints about noise levels and concentrations of flights, particularly with easterly winds. People remain unhappy with the changes which were made to the flying routes and Compton gate in 2016. Heathrow promised me they...
Dear John, Thank you for getting in touch regarding the vote on Heathrow expansion. I am very aware of the problems caused to your constituents by changes NATS made to the way in which the Compton Gate was used. I was not made aware of these changes until after they had been implemented and...
I left making up my mind on how to vote on Heathrow until the debate. I wanted to hear from constituents, and also wished to get better assurances from those involved in the project concerning aircraft noise. I received fifteen times as many emails urging me to vote for the airport expansion as against....
Parliament yesterday voted to approve the third runway at Heathrow. This is the third of the three Hs of large scale infrastructure investment that this government has decided on. It is the most commercial of the three. Hinckley may lumber us with 5o years of very expensive power, unless the alternatives suddenly shoot up...
The government’s announcement that in principle it backs the idea of a new runway at Heathrow is likely to lead to a Parliamentary debate and vote soon. I would be interested to hear constituents’ views on this topic. I have always accepted the general need for more airport capacity in the greater London region,...
At Party Conference in Manchester I had a meeting with the Chief Executive of Heathrow to get up to date on tackling noise nuisance from the airport. They have now launched their Fly quieter, Fly cleaner programme and publish how different airlines are doing. This is a way to spread better practice and to...