Farnborough weekend flight increase rejected due to the detrimental effects of noise and disturbance

It is great news that Rushmoor Council value peace at weekends. Let us hope Hart Council will have a similar view when it comes to the Pyestock Horror application.

Cllr Neville Dewey said: “People do have the right to expect some privacy, some amount of rest from the noise that goes on in this very busy world that we now live in.”

Rushmoor’s formal decision was based on:

“..to increase weekend and Bank Holiday movements from 2,500 to 5,000 per annum is likely to result in an adverse impact upon the amenities of the surrounding residential properties, principally due to increased noise and disturbance at times when residents are more likely to be at home.”

The Pru are currently proposing significant HGV traffic over 360 days per year x 24 hours per day, including every Weekend, the majority of Bank Holidays and all through the night!

We wonder how long will it be before they apply to increase the number of movements?

TAG, (Farnborough Airport), voluntarily entered a legal agreement at their Outline Airport Planning application stage to never increase the amount of weekend flight movements for commercial reasons. Yet, within 4 years, they tried to double the number of flights.

This is why the name of our concerned resident’s group ‘Stop Pyestock bLot Act Today’ (SPLAT) is so relevant. We do not want a 24 x 7 environmentally unfriendly mega depot with HGV movements every minute of the day and every day. We need to stop the 24 x 7 mega depot outline planning application.

Pyestock may be in need of appropriate development, but a mega depot is just not appropriate. The Pru are trying to suggest they will not impact the rural character of the area – yes they will!

Who knew what the existing Pyestock was like until the developer focused on the photos and tours of the derelict buildings? Why did they not exhibit a display of photos of mega sheds, loading bays and HGVs? – Have you seen any from the Pru?