![]() ![]() They make a case that this is to meet demand for more holiday and leisure flying from the airport – originally given permission in the 1980’s to open as a small, business orientated airport with no noisy jet flights. ![]() This will include the largest jet we have seen from them so far, the E195-E2. ![]() Despite this, some 800 comments, the vast majority being objections, were submitted to Newham – it would surely be many more if all the communities under low City flight paths had been informed directly.Ĭity’s planning application this time proposes flying an additional 7 hours of flights on Saturdays, an hour less in winter. Again, this happened with minimal publicity- the only people written to directly about this lived in a small area close to the airport’s runway. Newham was forced to launch their own planning consultation which ended in March. Inevitably though, this expansive airport followed up by putting in a planning application running to over 100 technical documents to its planning authority, the London Borough of Newham. That non-statutory consultation was poorly publicised but still drew considerable opposition. City-bound flights over our area occur in east wind conditions, often associated with prolonged periods of fine weather in summer. The current 24 hour weekend ban on flying gives all overflown Londoners peace and quiet from this centrally located airport at a time when we are enjoying our homes, parks and gardens. This is consistent with our approach since City introduced its 2000 ft concentrated flight path over Forest Hill in 2016. We opposed the extension of operating hours, saying that until the airport, together with Heathrow, introduces replacement flight paths, due 2027-28, no changes should be applied for or considered. The Forest Hill Society made a response, along with many other Londoners and Borough Councils, including Lewisham. In summer 2022 London City Airport launched its latest expansion consultation, this time proposing to operate all afternoon and evenings on Saturdays, with more early morning flights on weekdays too. ![]()
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