Skip to main content
Logo icon
Merton Conservatives

Main navigation

  • Home
  • News
  • Campaigns
  • Donate
  • Get involved
  • Our Team
  • Contact
  • Our Literature
  • Save St Helier Hospital
  • Council Tax Update - Are you getting value for money
  • facebook
  • twitter
Logo icon
Merton Conservatives

Heathrow - Airspace and Future Operations Consultation.

  • Tweet

Let us be clear, we oppose any plans that will see more flights over Merton - and we have made our submission to the first of three consultations, which ended on 04 March 2019, confirming our stance.

In Merton we have many schools, hospitals, and elderly care homes which would be impacted by more noise from flights and more air pollution.

Furthermore, Wimbledon Village is a conservation area, and with others throughout Merton, the character of these areas would be damaged by more noise and pollution.

Merton generally avoids aircraft noise, depending on the prevailing wind, and does not experience any on the approach to Heathrow currently. An increase in flights over the area would therefore have a disproportionate impact.

We have already raised the concerns expressed to Heathrow Airport. In response they made three points.

•            The figures provided with the design envelopes show the worst-case scenario. As well as consulting with the public Heathrow are also consulting with airlines on the angle of take-off and landings and would hope to make these much steeper.

•            Flight paths will not cover the whole of the design envelopes – it is just showing areas in which they may be placed.

•            With expansion as well as runway alternation there will also be airspace alternation – this means that when Heathrow are at a stage of designing flight paths they will be able to alternate between them so the same area is not always overflown.

We are now preparing our submission for the second consultation.

Campaigns

  • AELTC Planning Petition
  • Wimbledon Police Station
  • Campaigns Archive
    • Petition to stop the YMCA Development 2020
    • Clean Up West Barnes!
    • Merton Music Festival Survey
    • Future Wimbledon Masterplan
    • St Helier Hospital
    • Support the Village Farmer's Market
    • Save the Trees
  • Pickleball for Cannon Hill
  • Save our Local

Join or Renew

Help us take action on local issues and build a better Britain.

accepted-payment-cards

Merton Conservatives

Footer

  • About RSS
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • Get involved
  • Merton Conservatives - About Us
  • Our Literature
  • facebook
  • twitter
Promoted by Ali Douas at 372 Upper Richmond Road West, London, SW14 7JU
Copyright 2025 Merton Conservatives. All rights reserved.
Powered by Bluetree