Carlisle Airport UK - Public Inquiry
Target:
To get a public inquiry for the development of Carlisle Airport
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Carlisle Airport - the planning application to develop the airport at Carlisle should be considered by a Public Inquiry on the following grounds
1. The Planning Authority (Carlisle City Council) owns the airport, therefore its impartiality is compromised.
2. The impact on the Environment
3. The impact on Hadrian's Wall which runs near the boundary of the airport. This is a World Heritage site.
4. The impact on an SSSI within the airport boundary.
5. Current discussions are not open to the public and any queries are met with 'stonewalling'.
6. A Public Inquiry would ensure 'fair play' for all and allow the electorate to air their views in an impartial forum.
1. The Planning Authority (Carlisle City Council) owns the airport, therefore its impartiality is compromised.
2. The impact on the Environment
3. The impact on Hadrian's Wall which runs near the boundary of the airport. This is a World Heritage site.
4. The impact on an SSSI within the airport boundary.
5. Current discussions are not open to the public and any queries are met with 'stonewalling'.
6. A Public Inquiry would ensure 'fair play' for all and allow the electorate to air their views in an impartial forum.
Carlisle Airport - the planning application to develop the airport at Carlisle should be considered by a Public Inquiry on the following grounds
1. The Planning Authority (Carlisle City Council) owns the airport, therefore its impartiality is compromised.
2. The impact on the Environment
3. The impact on Hadrian's Wall which runs near the boundary of the airport. This is a World Heritage site.
4. The impact on an SSSI within the airport boundary.
5. Current discussions are not open to the public and any queries are met with 'stonewalling'.
6. A Public Inquiry would ensure 'fair play' for all and allow the electorate to air their views in an impartial forum.
1. The Planning Authority (Carlisle City Council) owns the airport, therefore its impartiality is compromised.
2. The impact on the Environment
3. The impact on Hadrian's Wall which runs near the boundary of the airport. This is a World Heritage site.
4. The impact on an SSSI within the airport boundary.
5. Current discussions are not open to the public and any queries are met with 'stonewalling'.
6. A Public Inquiry would ensure 'fair play' for all and allow the electorate to air their views in an impartial forum.
We signed the "Carlisle Airport UK - Public Inquiry" petition!
# 52:
4:15 am PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Airports are about communication - they allow us to communicate with other parts of the country and the globe. It does not make sense, therefore, to think of constructing an airport without communicating with everyone concerned, including the people whose city and lives will be most affected by it.
Airports are about communication - they allow us to communicate with other parts of the country and the globe. It does not make sense, therefore, to think of constructing an airport without communicating with everyone concerned, including the people whose city and lives will be most affected by it.
# 51:
4:44 am PST, Jan 14,
Glo Ria, United Kingdom
# 50:
11:42 am PST, Dec 28,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
When did it become ok to ruin our environment in the name of profit.
When did it become ok to ruin our environment in the name of profit.
# 49:
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10:49 am PST, Dec 20,
Victoria Mary Stong / Community Activist, New York
There should be many public meetings to discuss this development so it's fair to everyone! |
# 48:
11:12 am PST, Dec 14,
Sarah Mcgowan, United Kingdom
# 47:
8:07 am PST, Dec 13,
Shirley Lawrie, United Kingdom
We live in a democracy and so the people should have some input into such important decisions.
We live in a democracy and so the people should have some input into such important decisions.
# 46:
12:52 pm PST, Dec 12,
Kim Williamson, United Kingdom
Airport expansion and carbon dioxide emission reduction are totally incompatible. Climate change is the single most serious threat faced by human civilisation to date - it needs to be taken seriously - NOW!!!
Airport expansion and carbon dioxide emission reduction are totally incompatible. Climate change is the single most serious threat faced by human civilisation to date - it needs to be taken seriously - NOW!!!
# 45:
10:33 am PST, Dec 12,
Kate Sykes, United Kingdom
# 44:
3:41 pm PST, Dec 11,
Margaret Sanders, United Kingdom
The planet cannot stand an increase in aviation
The planet cannot stand an increase in aviation
# 43:
11:17 am PST, Dec 11,
Elly Sinclair, United Kingdom
# 42:
10:53 am PST, Dec 11,
Peter Raffle, United Kingdom
To reduce carbon dioxide emissions we ought to be reducing our use of highly poluting aircraft and the facilities for encouraging their use IE by expanding airports. P.Raffle.
To reduce carbon dioxide emissions we ought to be reducing our use of highly poluting aircraft and the facilities for encouraging their use IE by expanding airports. P.Raffle.
# 41:
8:09 am PST, Dec 11,
Colin Sutherland, United Kingdom
It is totally irresponsible to even consider expanding air travel with the climate change crisis facing the world.
It is totally irresponsible to even consider expanding air travel with the climate change crisis facing the world.
# 40:
7:37 am PST, Dec 11,
Gail Clegg, United Kingdom
# 39:
5:10 am PST, Dec 11,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 38:
11:05 pm PST, Dec 10,
Phil Whiting, United Kingdom
We need to take the lead and set an example up here. We need to conserve oil, not increase the rate we are using it at.
We need to take the lead and set an example up here. We need to conserve oil, not increase the rate we are using it at.
# 37:
3:23 pm PST, Dec 10,
Lisa Roberts, United Kingdom
The urgency with which we need to address climate change is becoming more apparent. Aviation is the fastest growing source of climate change gases. Most air travel is an unnecessary luxury. Further expansion of air travel must be halted and more sustainable transport alternatives must be promoted for the health of the global environment as well as the environment around the proposed site.
The urgency with which we need to address climate change is becoming more apparent. Aviation is the fastest growing source of climate change gases. Most air travel is an unnecessary luxury. Further expansion of air travel must be halted and more sustainable transport alternatives must be promoted for the health of the global environment as well as the environment around the proposed site.
# 36:
3:08 pm PST, Dec 10,
Frederick Brown, United Kingdom
Let's expand cycle networks, the rail system, UK food land, but not flipping airports! Let's expand the forests, the public transport to the same forests, let's expand kid's play areas and parls and allotments. Not golf courses though. And most definitely not airports. Why does everything need to expand anyway?! What does EQUILIBRIUM mean? We're not here to be a kind of macro-cancer for the planet, we're caretakers. Now start taking care!
Let's expand cycle networks, the rail system, UK food land, but not flipping airports! Let's expand the forests, the public transport to the same forests, let's expand kid's play areas and parls and allotments. Not golf courses though. And most definitely not airports. Why does everything need to expand anyway?! What does EQUILIBRIUM mean? We're not here to be a kind of macro-cancer for the planet, we're caretakers. Now start taking care!
# 35:
2:40 pm PST, Dec 10,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Future focus for travel should be on economical and environmatally sound land routes rather than air travel.
Future focus for travel should be on economical and environmatally sound land routes rather than air travel.
# 34:
6:52 am PST, Dec 9,
Sonny Khan, United Kingdom
I am Chair of South Lakes Action on Climate Change and we are firmly against expanding the airport. Climate change is a grave threat and expanding airport capacity is not part of the solution.
I am Chair of South Lakes Action on Climate Change and we are firmly against expanding the airport. Climate change is a grave threat and expanding airport capacity is not part of the solution.
# 33:
11:10 am PST, Dec 7,
Alastair Kennedy, United Kingdom
The expansion of aviation is both damaging to the environment and unnecessary. Increased use of airports is being fueled by cheap flights and not by legitimate demand. Many of the journeys from such airports could be easily taken by train. All of us are subsidising this increase in air travel as their fuel is not subject to VAT. Noise levels both at the departing and arriving airports is a huge imposition on local residents. Aircraft emissions cause more damage to the atmosphere as they are ejected at altitude where they do most damage and are not recycled by natural vegetation.
The expansion of aviation is both damaging to the environment and unnecessary. Increased use of airports is being fueled by cheap flights and not by legitimate demand. Many of the journeys from such airports could be easily taken by train. All of us are subsidising this increase in air travel as their fuel is not subject to VAT. Noise levels both at the departing and arriving airports is a huge imposition on local residents. Aircraft emissions cause more damage to the atmosphere as they are ejected at altitude where they do most damage and are not recycled by natural vegetation.
# 32:
4:05 am PST, Dec 7,
Cassandra Taylor, United Kingdom
# 31:
5:30 am PST, Dec 4,
Angela Reeve, United Kingdom
# 30:
3:02 am PST, Dec 3,
Susan Chapman, United Kingdom
We seem to be hell-bent on destroying the planet despite the desperate warnings of the IPCC's Synthesis Report.Don't we care about our kids?
We seem to be hell-bent on destroying the planet despite the desperate warnings of the IPCC's Synthesis Report.Don't we care about our kids?
# 29:
1:28 pm PST, Dec 2,
Chris Bluemel, United Kingdom
# 28:
9:20 am PST, Dec 2,
Jan Christian, United Kingdom
Like William Wilberforce making a stand for the abolition of slavery against the vested interests of the day, Britain must make a stand against the destructive increase of aviation. So what if other countries pull ahead for a while? It just needs one country to show a strong and moral lead and set the standard, and public opinion will cause others to follow. Encourage the travelling public to use the train rather than further polluting the skies with carbon emissions and the people beneath with intolerable noise.
Like William Wilberforce making a stand for the abolition of slavery against the vested interests of the day, Britain must make a stand against the destructive increase of aviation. So what if other countries pull ahead for a while? It just needs one country to show a strong and moral lead and set the standard, and public opinion will cause others to follow. Encourage the travelling public to use the train rather than further polluting the skies with carbon emissions and the people beneath with intolerable noise.
# 27:
8:17 am PST, Dec 2,
Jenny Adams, United Kingdom
Increasing flights when we must urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions is criminally irresponsible to future generations and the poorest people on this planet. There is no need for more short-haul flights when people can use trains.
Increasing flights when we must urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions is criminally irresponsible to future generations and the poorest people on this planet. There is no need for more short-haul flights when people can use trains.
# 26:
4:06 am PST, Dec 2,
David Ward, United Kingdom
# 25:
4:00 am PST, Dec 2,
Richard Wilson, United Kingdom
There are better ways to improve the local economy than encouraging global warming, noise, pollution and congestion!
There are better ways to improve the local economy than encouraging global warming, noise, pollution and congestion!
# 24:
10:52 am PST, Dec 1,
Annette Hudspeth, United Kingdom
Stop flying it emits too much Carbon. The world is getting too hot it is dying.
Stop flying it emits too much Carbon. The world is getting too hot it is dying.
# 23:
12:32 pm PST, Nov 30,
Graham Lingley, United Kingdom
# 22:
9:33 am PST, Nov 30,
Jonathan Butcher, United Kingdom
# 21:
7:21 am PST, Nov 30,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Airport expansion has got to be stopped - now - before our planet is completely destroyed by big business. And to destroy such a beautiful area is madness. Residents' experience at Belfast City Airport has shown that airports will expand uncontrollably, no matter what planning agreements are put in place. Climate criminals - that's what airports are!
Airport expansion has got to be stopped - now - before our planet is completely destroyed by big business. And to destroy such a beautiful area is madness. Residents' experience at Belfast City Airport has shown that airports will expand uncontrollably, no matter what planning agreements are put in place. Climate criminals - that's what airports are!
# 20:
6:28 am PST, Nov 30,
R. & P. Mathewson, United Kingdom
Having lived near Carlisle we believe that this expansion would ruin the area
Having lived near Carlisle we believe that this expansion would ruin the area
# 19:
5:20 am PST, Nov 30,
Ray Robertson, United Kingdom
# 18:
5:08 am PST, Nov 30,
Alasdair MacCaluim, United Kingdom
# 17:
7:26 am PST, Nov 23,
Sarah Clayton, United Kingdom
Airport expansion only serves to encourage more people to make journeys in a very unsustainable way. Rail travel within the UK is preferable. Even the Prime Minister is now saying we need a 80% cut in UK CO2 emissions by 2050. Building more airports, and constantly encouraging more people to fly, is not going to help.
Airport expansion only serves to encourage more people to make journeys in a very unsustainable way. Rail travel within the UK is preferable. Even the Prime Minister is now saying we need a 80% cut in UK CO2 emissions by 2050. Building more airports, and constantly encouraging more people to fly, is not going to help.
# 16:
11:53 pm PST, Nov 21,
Charmi McCutcheon, United Kingdom
This will not enhance the quality of life for future generations
This will not enhance the quality of life for future generations
# 15:
3:08 am PST, Nov 12,
N.C. McKerr, United Kingdom
# 14:
3:13 am PST, Nov 10,
Robert Malone, United Kingdom
Following letter published by the Cumbrian Times he Editor Cumberland News Carlisle Airport Dear Editor Call me cynical, but I can't help thinking we are being given a disingenuous sales pitch by Messrs Tinkler and Co about the proposed development of Carlisle Airport. A major concern of residents of the area is that the proposed plans will not be the end of the expansion. We all know that private enterprises like Stobbarts depend on growth to ensure their viability and keep their shareholders support. You can't tell me that once their foot is in the door there will not be plans to expand operations in the not too distant future. The recently announced £160 million merger by Stobbart adds weight to this argument as does the news that airfreight could be Stobbarts main business at the airport. If this were to happen Carlisle Airport could soon resemble the airport in the Midlands mentioned by your reader from Aspatria. Recent news coverage has highlighted the general dissatisfaction of many British people with life in the UK and the record numbers who are leaving to live elsewhere. A major reason for this has to be because our %u201Cgreen and pleasant land%u201D is fast disappearing as so called %u201Cprogress%u201D swallows it up. Our beautiful Irthing River Valley is thankfully still unsullied by major development. This is the reason more and more people are visiting us - to enjoy our peaceful, traditional countryside. Our area is just as precious in its own way as the Lake District and you would never consider having a busy airport there. Let's preserve our part of Cumbria by saying no to the airport expansion. Yours faithfully R and F Malone Newtown IRTHINGTON
Following letter published by the Cumbrian Times he Editor Cumberland News Carlisle Airport Dear Editor Call me cynical, but I can't help thinking we are being given a disingenuous sales pitch by Messrs Tinkler and Co about the proposed development of Carlisle Airport. A major concern of residents of the area is that the proposed plans will not be the end of the expansion. We all know that private enterprises like Stobbarts depend on growth to ensure their viability and keep their shareholders support. You can't tell me that once their foot is in the door there will not be plans to expand operations in the not too distant future. The recently announced £160 million merger by Stobbart adds weight to this argument as does the news that airfreight could be Stobbarts main business at the airport. If this were to happen Carlisle Airport could soon resemble the airport in the Midlands mentioned by your reader from Aspatria. Recent news coverage has highlighted the general dissatisfaction of many British people with life in the UK and the record numbers who are leaving to live elsewhere. A major reason for this has to be because our %u201Cgreen and pleasant land%u201D is fast disappearing as so called %u201Cprogress%u201D swallows it up. Our beautiful Irthing River Valley is thankfully still unsullied by major development. This is the reason more and more people are visiting us - to enjoy our peaceful, traditional countryside. Our area is just as precious in its own way as the Lake District and you would never consider having a busy airport there. Let's preserve our part of Cumbria by saying no to the airport expansion. Yours faithfully R and F Malone Newtown IRTHINGTON
# 13:
3:08 am PST, Nov 6,
Mike Downham, United Kingdom
# 12:
8:00 am PST, Nov 5,
Malcolm Craik, United Kingdom
There will be considerable adverse impact to the town of Brampton which will lie under the flight path of aircraft. The Airport has already lodged objections to building within Brampton. It is not acceptable that private company should be attempting to dictate community planning.
There will be considerable adverse impact to the town of Brampton which will lie under the flight path of aircraft. The Airport has already lodged objections to building within Brampton. It is not acceptable that private company should be attempting to dictate community planning.
# 11:
6:55 am PST, Nov 5,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
How will this reduce the UK's target to reduce CO2 emmissions?
How will this reduce the UK's target to reduce CO2 emmissions?
# 10:
6:52 am PST, Nov 5,
Luc Batory, United Kingdom
This is a big proposition in the current climate of climate change - only 2 years after extreme flooding in Carlise caused by 'freak' weather. We need more time to decide if this is right.
This is a big proposition in the current climate of climate change - only 2 years after extreme flooding in Carlise caused by 'freak' weather. We need more time to decide if this is right.
# 9:
1:50 am PST, Nov 5,
Bernie Duda, United Kingdom
Lets find out the truth
Lets find out the truth
# 8:
6:44 am PST, Nov 4,
Robert Allan, United Kingdom
The airport facilities are explicitly targeted at sub-regional users, whose origins and destinations extend far beyond the boundaries of the local planning authority's area. This is partly substantiated by the name being given by the developer to the airport (Carlisle Lake District Airport).
The airport facilities are explicitly targeted at sub-regional users, whose origins and destinations extend far beyond the boundaries of the local planning authority's area. This is partly substantiated by the name being given by the developer to the airport (Carlisle Lake District Airport).
# 7:
4:48 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Chris Roberts, United Kingdom
# 6:
9:45 am PDT, Oct 30,
Matthew Roberts, United Kingdom
# 5:
9:08 am PDT, Oct 30,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
I am particularly concerned about the need for a public safety zone around the airport site.
I am particularly concerned about the need for a public safety zone around the airport site.
# 4:
8:47 am PDT, Oct 30,
Mark Lloyd, United Kingdom
a public enquiry is the only sensible thing to do for such a contraversial development. Ispecially in the climate change world we are living in.
a public enquiry is the only sensible thing to do for such a contraversial development. Ispecially in the climate change world we are living in.
# 3:
10:06 am PDT, Oct 29,
Ian Gibson, United Kingdom
# 2:
2:32 am PDT, Sep 5,
Keith Meller, United Kingdom
# 1:
12:33 am PDT, Aug 11,
William Harrison, United Kingdom
Strongly agree with the call for a Public Inquiry for all the reasons stated
Strongly agree with the call for a Public Inquiry for all the reasons stated
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