It is no surprise that the new departure routes introduced in 2014 caused such rumpus. Gatwick Airport had started using a new satellite navigation system that concentrated all departure flight paths along almost the same line rather than having them spread out across their permitted range as had always been the case. In addition, what […]

Town & Country Services People living in rural areas need buses just as much as people living in towns and cities. Imagine being near the County Council offices in Kingston. You need to catch the bus to, say, Surbiton. You get to the bus stop to find you’ve just missed one. Don’t worry there’ll be […]

Surrey Highways has issued the following update regarding Flanchford Bridge: Stakeholder Update – 29 September 2016 Work to replace Flanchford Bridge continues as you may have seen, the old bridge has been removed, construction of new foundations is underway and there will be more visible progress during the next month. However, we are now unlikely […]

On Monday protest groups from all around Gatwick airport came together to present their agreed  demands to the Prime Minister and I was privileged to be one of those attending. The demands include no departure routes outside the NPR and a return to the previous pattern of dispersal of flights. Longer term aims include an […]

A new campaign group, PlaneWrong, has been  formed to campaign against the changes in Gatwick departure routes to the north of the airport. People across a wide area from Capel to Beare Green and Coldharbour and then across the Holmwoods, Brockham, Betchworth & Leigh to Reigate and Redhill and beyond are being affected for the […]

If there’s one thing worse than an over-crowded commuter train, it’s an over-crowded commuter train that skips the stop you need to get off at. This happened to commuters from Dorking this morning when the 8.01 South West Trains service was only 4 coaches and skipped several intermediate stops on its way to Waterloo. The […]

Information from the Civil Aviation Authority reveals that the noise nuisance from aircraft flying the new flight paths is likely to continue until November. A review and final decision is due at that point. This means that it is vital to keep complaining, even after the consultation closes on 14 August, whenever we are disturbed […]

If you live in The Holmwoods, Beare Green, Capel or parts of Brockham, Betchworth & Leigh, you will have been only too aware of the increase in flights and noise overhead since the start of the year. For many of us, we have gone from having occasional flights, but not enough to be much of […]

The decision to include a 2nd runway at Gatwick as one of 3 options to be further studied by the Davies Commission has been roundly criticised. Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign (GACC) said, “A new runway used to full capacity would cause substantial environmental damage to all the towns and villages for many miles around Gatwick.[i]  […]

A year ago residents submitted a petition calling for the speed limit on Pebble Hill to be reduced to 30mph because of road safety concerns. Unfortunately the request was turned down as the police did not support it because of the results of their speed test. However, some signing and road markings were agreed. A […]