Kent County Council 'delighted' over runway announcement

We are delighted that the Airports Commission, in seeking to increase airport capacity, has not opted for a further runway at Gatwick. This will come as a huge relief for thousands of residents in West Kent.

Kent would have suffered negative impacts in terms of increased aviation noise from more than a doubling of aircraft movements.

Aviation noise in West Kent from Gatwick’s current single runway configuration is already unacceptable and a potential doubling of this impact with a second runway would have been intolerable.