Save Our Skies:

Stop the New Flight Paths Over Oxted

Heathrow and Gatwick are changing their flight routes. We are not on the official flight map, but we are being used as a testing ground. We need your help to stop it.

How you can help

The Issue

Heathrow and Gatwick, in conjunction with NATS, are updating their flight routes. Despite our town not being on the official flight path, aircraft are being flown over us to establish precedence.

The Risk

The airports claim these flyovers are "occasional" and dependent on wind direction. However, once established, this is a backdoor way to increase traffic over our homes. With Heathrow expanding and Gatwick not at full capacity – and planning a second runway, "occasional" could quickly become "constant." This means:

Visual Pollution: Constant aircraft overhead.
Noise Pollution: Disruption to sleep, work, and relaxation, particularly in Spring and Summer.
Loss of Peace: A permanent change to our town's environment.

The Problem

Unfortunately, some of our elected representatives have not actively protested or made a complaint against this specific issue on Oxted’s behalf. The system relies on individual complaints. If we do not complain, the airports assume we are happy with the noise.

And so the assumption hardens into policy. No complaints means we're happy. Happy with the noise as it is today. Happy with the noise projected for tomorrow. Happy with the "more future" being quietly mapped out over our heads while we sleep.

There's a familiar argument that noise should be shared among towns — fair's fair, everyone takes a turn. But if a town has never had flight noise before, it's fair to ask why it should accept impact now. True fairness isn't about spreading a burden to places that never carried it — it's about not placing a new burden on communities that never signed up for it in the first place.

If Oxted has never previously had flight noise, why should it now?

Silence is consent. Speak up — or lose the quiet.

The Solution:
We Fight as a Town

If every household does something, we have a chance. We need a mass of individual complaints to prove to the Civil Aviation Authority and the airports that this is unacceptable.

How to Take Action

Complain: Use our Template Letter (below) to email Heathrow and Gatwick separately and directly.
Monitor: Use the Flightradar24 app to track planes over your house. Note the airline, date, and time.
Record: Keep a log of your complaint reference numbers.
Report to Us: Email your reference number, name, house number, road, and postcode to [info@NoNoiseOxted].

Have You Experienced This Before?

If anyone has experience of this issue—whether you have dealt with airport complaints before, have aviation knowledge, or have been affected by similar route changes in the past—please join us and email. Your experience and insight could be invaluable to our campaign.

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