This is a selection of images taken that illustrate some of the campaign events that the GACC has undertaken to raise awareness of these issues. Click on each image for a larger version.
Notice erected May 2005 to show future boundary of the airport (with second runway) - as shown in the BAA master plan (March 2005). The boundary at this point is only 100 m. from the northern edge of Crawley residential area.
Over 80 councils and groups had declared themselves opposed to any new runway.
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The demonstration was held where the proposed new north runway would have been in a cutting 50 m deep, and was designed to show that, in the same way that the Twyford Down and Newbury protests caused a rethink of roads policy, so any attempt to destroy the English countryside would cause similar protests and result in a rethink of the policy of tax-free aviation. |
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The 2002 actual average mode map is shown below: The outer line shows the 57 leq contour - which is said by DfT to represent the area where there is "significant community annoyance". In practice, however, the fact that many members of GACC, both Parish Councils and individuals, are located outside the 57 leq contour shows that annoyance is much more widespread.
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More detailed versions are available from the DfT for a fee of £39.90 (click here for details).
It is not possible for us to reproduce them here, but they can be viewed at page 15 in this document.
Map showing the approximate area of land to be safeguarded at Gatwick, as shown in the White Paper. A more detailed map has been published by BAA as part of their master plan. Master Plan Maps.
The government has produced a number of computer generated predictions of the increased noise disturbance that would inevitably result from any plans to expand Gatwick airport. These models describe noise levels in terms of Decibels (dBA) and it is the government's opinion that 57dBA is the noise level at which aircraft noise becomes a "significant community annoyance".
The government consultation document February 2003 presented maps that showed the area that it predicted, with two new runways, would experience noise levels at or above 57dBA. Click on the map below to zoom in to your local area.
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Current 57dBA noise contour (the "base case") |
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Predicted 57dBA noise contour ("option E1 2030") |
These are approximate contour lines. Please refer to the DfT consultation report for specific details.