On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:24:27 GMT, "Aaron Borbora"
It's like Coventry Airport.
The local residents who complain about the noise are in a no win situation.
The airport first opened in 1936. Lots of people have recently moved close to the airport and are now complaining about the noise.
Coventry airport have been refused planning permission to build a new pbuttenger terminal. Warwick Council have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds opposing the airport's application.
If the airport win the planning enquiry, then the councillors are going to have to explain why they have wasted thousands of pounds of rate payers money opposing a development when their own planning experts told the councillors to stop wasting their time.
If the airport win the planning enquiry, the council will have lost the opportunity to agree with the airport reasonable restrictions on noise levels and night flights.
If the airport loose the planning enquiry, then the airport will switch from domestic flights to commercial freight flights. The airport already has planning permission to operate flights 24 hours per day. What they do not have is planning permission for a new pbuttenger terminal.
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If the council win and planning permission is not granted for the pbuttenger terminal, then the airport is likely to become a freight hub. Freight companies will be trundling large heavy goods vehicles in and out of the airport all through the night.
The aircraft traditionally used for freight are the much older and noiser prop planes. These are much noiser than jet planes.
At the moment,Thomson are using very modern quiet aircraft.
Anyone living near the airport will have to suffer the noise of arriving and departing aircraft all through the night.
Graham
