Aircraft Noise

[cheddington]

Regarding the leaflets in our letter boxes and the media coverage about the revised flightpath proposals, does anyone know where we can get more details about what is proposed? What impact will Option 3A have on Cheddington?

From memory, back in 2002, the Parish Council concluded that of the options being considered, 3A would have the least impact on the village. Is that still the case?

It would be good to see the case for the new flightpath rather than just the soundbites included in the PAVAN leaflets.

 

[cheddington]

I am told that there is information on the London Luton Airport website.

Go to to http://www.london-luton.co.uk - in the menus at the top roll over 'business' and then choose the 'Development Brief' option. There are two documents relating to the current proposal, including a response form and links to a couple of the swathe maps.

[Keith Bennett]

Some information and particularly a telephone number and email address to register concerns can be found here:

http://www.wingit.free-online.co.uk/pavan.htm

[cheddington]

The parish council has invited Luton Airport to come to Cheddington to explain their proposals at a public meeting but a response is awaited.

However,  the council has been advised of two public meetings that villagers may wish to attend, these are at:

Wingrave Village Hall, Church Road, Wingrave at 8pm on 14th September

Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre, at 7.30pm on 16th September

[cheddington]

You can now vote on the proposals in the website mini poll at http://www.cheddington.org.uk/poll.htm

[cheddington]

There will be a public meeting for residents of Cheddington, sponsored by the Parish Council, to receive the views of villagers about the proposed new flight paths for aircraft using London-Luton Airport at:

Cheddington Village Hall
on Wednesday 3rd November at 8:00pm

The London Luton Airport Western Airspace  Development Team has been invited to attend to put its case to the meeting but see http://www.cheddington.org.uk/parishcouncil/news.htm for the latest information.

Come along to air your views to help the Parish Council formulate its response to the Consultation Document at an Extraordinary Meeting to be held at 9.30pm on 3rd. Please note that all parish council meetings are open to the public but residents are not entitled to speak at meetings so the public meeting at 8pm is your last chance to influence the council's response!

[cheddington]

About 40 villagers attended the public meeting last night and enjoyed the opportunity to hear about the plans from the Luton Airport team, ask questions and express their concerns.

At its meeting following the public meeting, the parish council resolved to register its objections to the proposals because of concerns about the potential impact of additional flights over the village.

[Richard James]

A note from PAVAN which may be of interest to villagers.

Please note that I am ditching my AOL address asap. Please use Rachel@pavan.org.uk or WebbRchl@hotmail.co.uk from now on. Ta
Another delay for Luton flight path
Luton Airport has admitted that the proposed Option 3a flight path over Aylesbury Vale and southwest Herts cannot now be implemented until January 2006, if indeed the CAA approves it.
The airport had intended to submit its proposals to the CAA in January 2005, but at a meeting on March 7th, said that it would be another couple of weeks before the documentation was finalised. The airport would not say what had caused the latest delay, or if they would be submitting Option 3a as consulted upon or a modified plan. PAVAN (Protect Aylesbury Vale Against Noise) is pressing for more details in the interests of open and transparent consultation.
The airport might have delayed submission of the application pending the outcome of the Judicial Review against the Government's Aviation White Paper. At the end of February 2005, the High Court ruled that it was unfair for the Government to consult on two options for additional runway facilities at Luton (realigned runway or a brand new one) and then announce a third (extension to the current runway). A further consultation exercise is therefore necessary prior to any extension plans being finalised.
If you would like to "do your bit" against airport expansion, here are a few suggestions:
1) If you are disturbed by plane noise then contact Luton Airport to complain, giving the date and time of the offending flight(s) (noise@ltn.aero / 01582 395382)
2) Visit www.airportpledge.org.uk and fill out the form against airport expansion
3) Visit www.nonightflights.org and "sign" the petition against night flights
4) Contact PAVAN for more information and to join our e-mail database. (Rachel@pavan.org.uk / 01525 240950)
5) Send this e-mail to your friends and neighbours 

Rachel
PAVAN – Protect Aylesbury Vale Against Noise
01525 240950

Regarding the leaflets in our letter boxes and the media coverage about the revised flightpath proposals, does anyone know where we can get more details about what is proposed? What impact will Option 3A have on Cheddington?

From memory, back in 2002, the Parish Council concluded that of the options being considered, 3A would have the least impact on the village. Is that still the case?

It would be good to see the case for the new flightpath rather than just the soundbites included in the PAVAN leaflets.

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[cheddington]

Despite objections from the parish council we seem to have lost our battle against the proposed new eastern flightpath. The Director of Airspace Policy has notified the parish council that he has granted the revised route 3A on the grounds that this avoids aircraft overflying Leighton Buzzard. It is argued that routing over villages in Aylesbury Vale affects fewer people. The DAP considered arguments that the noise would be more intrusive over less populated rural areas but rejected these.

The new flighpath comes in to operation in May this year. In response to the objections from Cheddington, the DAP said that it is difficult to see how flying over Cheddington could be avoided but pointed out that the use of controlled descent techniques would mitigate against intrusive noise.

For more information see http://www.london-luton.co.uk/en/news.asp?id=177

[Ian Akeroyd]

I can't believe option 3a is going ahead. Flying over the vale may affect fewer people but flying over Leighton Buzzard, a town with higher ambient noise levels would affect people less.

Sod us! Shatter our peace and for what? Glad to see my letters to our MP and his subsequent concerned replies were pointless. For what they were worth, I should have screwed them up and stuffed them in my ears. Time to wear out the Luton noise complaints phoneline.