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While we are no longer actively persuing an additional runway at Gatwick, here you can find all the documents relating to the Government's Airports Commission process from 2013 to 2015. Gatwick Airport made numerous detailed submissions to the Airports Commission and the Government which are published on this page. You can also read our response to relevant Government consultations.
Other documents
The documents and submissions are split into different sections by topic or period so that you can find what you're looking for more easily and these are listed below:
- Our submissions and correspondence with the Government after the Airports Commission's final recommendation in July 2015.
- Documents relating to air quality
- Our response to the Airports Commission Consultation
- Updated scheme designs
- Runway options public consultation
- Other documents
Gatwick Airport’s submission in response to the Revised Draft Aviation NPS
In this section we are publishing our revised draft NPS submission document with associated appendices.
Gatwick Airport revised draft NPS submission in response to the Revised Draft Aviation NPS
Appendices
Appendix 2 - Comparison of PCM with 2015 monitoring data
Appendix 5 - Mole Gap Reigate Escarpment SAC & Ashdown Forest revised habitat regulations (Report 1)
Appendix 6 - Response to the WSP habitats regulations assessment (Report 2)
Appendix 7 - RHDHV independent review
Appendix 8 - Mole Gap Reigate Escarpment SAC & Ashdown Forest revised habitat regulations change log
Appendix 9 - Response to the WSP habitats regulations assessment change log
Documents and correspondence from July 2015 to date
Letter to Caroline Low, DfT regarding Airports National Policy Statement: Air Quality: 6 December 2016 (Ref 334)
The Case for Gatwick - Airport Expansion: The Updated Case for Gatwick (sent to all MPs and members of Sub Committees): 27 September 2016 (Ref 329)
Letter to Philip Rutnam, DfT from Stewart Wingate regarding the Airport Capacity Programme: 28 September 2016 (Ref 322)
Letter to Chris Grayling, SoS DfT from Sir Roy McNulty regarding Gatwick's Proposal for a Second Runway: 23 September 2016 (Ref 317)
Letter to Andrea Leadsom, SoS DEFRA from Sir Roy McNulty regarding the Government's Air Quality Plan and the Runway Decision: 9 September 2016 (Ref 316)
Letter to Andrew Tyrie, Treasury Select Committee from Nick Dunn regarding the Government's economic case for expansion of the UK's airport capacity: 1 August 2016 (Ref 311)
Letter to Prime Minister Theresa May MP from Sir Roy McNulty regarding Gatwick’s Expansion Pledges: 13 July 2016 (Ref 307)
Letter to Prime Minister David Cameron MP from Sir Roy McNulty regarding Gatwick's Pledges: 6 June 2016 (Ref 298)
Letter to Mary Creagh, EAC re EAC's Conclusions and Recommendations: 20 May 2016 (Ref 297)
Letter (and appendices) to Caroline Low, DfT re Traffic & Economics submission: 13 May 2016 (Ref 295)
Letter to Patrick McLoughlin, SoS DfT from Sir Roy McNulty regarding Airport Capacity Programme: 11 May 2016 (Ref 291)
Letter to Sonia Phippard, DEFRA with Gatwick's further working on the Air Quality Plan: 28 April 2016 (Ref 283) with appendix
Letter to Mary Creagh, EAC with Gatwick's further working on the Air Quality Plan: 3 May 2016 (Ref 280)
Letter to Sonia Phippard, DEFRA regarding Air Quality and future Airport Expansion: 4 April 2016 (Ref 274) with appendix
Letter from Sir Roy McNulty to Transport Secretary regarding Airports Commission analysis: 18 March 2016 (Ref 271)
Letter to Mr Mawhinney, DEFRA regarding Air Quality Plan Environmental Information Request: 4 March 2016 (Ref 269)
Letter to Mr Mawhinney, DEFRA regarding previous Environmental Information Request: 24 February 2016 (Ref 268)
Letter (and appendix) to Andrew Tyrie MP, Treasury Committee from Sir Roy McNulty regarding the Economic Case put forward by the Airports Commission: 4 February 2016 (Ref 264) With appendix
Letter to Dr Cheryl Case, DEFRA reading improving air quality in the UK: Environmental Information Request: 21 January 2016 (Ref 262)
Letter to Neil Parish MP, Chair of EFRA Committee regarding the Inquiry into DEFRA's Responsibilities for Air Quality: 15 January 2016 (Ref 261)
Letter to Elizabeth Truss, SoS DEFRA, from Sir Roy McNulty regarding Air Quality Plan and the Runway Decision: 21 December 2015 (Ref 260)
Response to Inquiry into DEFRA's Responsibilities for Air Quality: 23 November 2015 (Ref 255)
Letter to House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee regarding Air Quality at Heathrow: 20 November 2015 (Ref 256)
Response to Draft Air Quality Plan Consultation: 3 November 2015 (Ref 252)
Letter (and appendices) from Sir Roy McNulty to Philip Rutnam, DfT regarding Airports Commission's economic assessment of the airport expansion schemes: 16 October 2015
Deloitte report appendix
Oxera report appendix (Ref 249)
Letter (and appendix) from Gatwick's Chair to the Transport Secretary in response to Sir Howard Davies: 20 October 2015 (Ref 248)
Letter and interim response to DEFRA Air Quality Consultation: 30 September 2015 (Ref 245)
Letter to Colin Church, DEFRA regarding Air Quality Plan consultation information request: 18 September 2015 (Ref 240)
Evidence submission to Environmental Audit Committee: Airport Capacity: 3 September 2015 (Ref 238)
Letter from Sir Howard Davies to Gatwick Airport - the final report letter: 1 July 2015
Airports Commission submissions: air quality
Response to Airports Commission consultation on air quality: 28 May 2015 (Ref 225)
Appendix 1 - Summary of air quality assessments of proposals for a third runway at Heathrow
Appendix 2 - Air quality assessment of construction of proposed runway 3 – 2025 opening
Appendix 3 - Air quality assessment of construction of proposed runway 3 – 2029 opening
Appendix 4 - Air quality assessment of operation of proposed runway 3 – 2025 opening: Heathrow Airport growth forecasts
Appendix 5 - Air quality assessment of operation of proposed runway 3 - 2029 operation: Heathrow Airport growth forecasts
Appendix 6 - Air quality assessment of operation of proposed runway 3 – Airports Commission growth forecasts
Appendix 7 - Air quality assessment of operation with a second runway in 2025 - Gatwick Airport
Appendix 8 - Technical report in response to Airports Commission consultation - congestion charge
Appendix 9 - Technical report in response to Airports Commission consultation: air quality – road traffic modelling.
Response to Airports Commission Consultation - February 2015
Published 14 July 2015
Response to Airports Commission Consultation
Executive summary
General appendices
Appendices 1-10
Appendix 1 - ICF technical report - Strategic fit: traffic and forecasts
Appendix 2 - InterVISTAS - The importance of airport competition on air fares paid by consumers
Appendix 3 - Gatwick Airport Ltd - Supporting traffic & competition analysis
Appendix 4 - CTAIRA - Supply side issues & the London market
Appendix 5 - RPS - Strategic Fit: Fit with wider spatial & socio-economic development strategies
Appendix 6 - Oxera - Economy impact analysis
Appendix 7 - RPS/Optimal - Local economy: employment & housing report
Appendix 8 - Arup - Surface access report
Appendix 9 - ERM - Air noise report
Appendix 10 - Ian H Flindell & Associates - Ground noise report
Appendices 11- 20
Appendix 11 - Arup - Air quality report
Appendix 12 - RPS - Biodiversity Report
Appendix 13 - Gatwick Airport Ltd - Development of an indicative habitat and landscape plan
Appendix 14 - RSK - Carbon technical report
Appendix 15 - CH2M Hill - Water & flood risk report
Appendix 16 - RPS - Place: Heritage Report
Appendix 17 - RPS - Place: Landscape, townscape & waterscape report
Appendix 18 - RPS - Place: Land use & land cover report
Appendix 19 - Helistrat - Place: Waste report
Appendix 20 - RSK - Heathrow NWR landfill report
Appendices 21-30
Appendix 21 - ERM - Quality of life report
Appendix 22 - RPS - Community report
Appendix 23 - EC Harris - Cost & commercial technical report
Appendix 24 - Arup - Operational efficiency & passenger experience report
Appendix 25 - Reid Aviation - Air space & operational concepts report
Appendix 26 - DFS - Fast-time simulation report
Appendix 27 - Arup - Operational risk report
Appendix 28 - Bechtel - Construction delivery report
Appendix 29 - Bechtel - Project execution plan
Appendix 30 - Bechtel - Second runway construction animation (Link to You Tube)
Appendices 31-41
Appendix 31 - EC Harris - Heathrow NWR critique
Appendix 32 - ERM - Sustainability assessments review
Appendix 33 - Arup - Energy & utilities report
Appendix 34 - ERM - Geo-environmental report
Appendix 35 - Gatwick Airport Ltd - Pledges to the local community
Appendix 36 - Gatwick Airport Ltd - Runway options, consultation, report of consultation July 2014
Appendix 37 - Gatwick Airport Ltd - Further information on Gatwick’s revised phasing strategy
Appendix 38 - Farrells - Place-based economic benefits report
Appendix 39 - Gatwick Airport Ltd - Momentum grows for Gatwick
Appendix 40 - Gatwick Airport Ltd - Connecting the UK’s regions to the future. Faster
Appendix 41 - Gatwick Airport Ltd - Response to CAA draft runway policy, December 2014
Updated scheme design submission May 2014
Updated scheme design submission - May 2014
SD1 Strategic Argument
SD2 Master Plan
SD3 Engineering Plans
SD4 Mitigation Strategies
SD5 Development Strategies
SD6 Surface Access
General appendices
Appendix A1 London Traffic Report
Appendix A2 Technology Aviation Industry
Appendix A3 - No document submitted
Appendix A4 Local Economy Impacts
Appendix A5 Operational Efficiency - Master Plan 1/2
Appendix A5 Operational Efficiency - Master Plan 2/2
Appendix A6 Airport Surface Access Strategy
Appendix A6 Surface Access
Appendix A7 Air Noise
Appendix A7 Air Noise Figures - see below
Appendix A8 Ground Noise
Appendix A9 Air Quality
Appendix A10 Biodiversity
Appendix A11 Carbon
Appendix A12 Water and Flood Risk 1/4
Appendix A12 Water and Flood Risk 2/4
Appendix A12 Water and Flood Risk 3/4
Appendix A12 Water and Flood Risk 4/4
Appendix A13 Place 1/6
Appendix A13 Place 2/6
Appendix A13 Place 3/6
Appendix A13 Place 4/6
Appendix A13 Place 5/6
Appendix A13 Place 6/6
Appendix A14 Quality of Life
Appendix A15 Community
Appendix A16 Financial Case
Appendix A17 Capital Cost Forecast
Appendix A18 Land Valuation
Appendix A19 Commercial Facilities Requirements
Appendix A20 Construction Programme Risk Profile
Appendix A21 Programme Risk Management
Appendix A22 Construction Delivery Transition
Appendix A23 Engagement Strategy
Appendix A24 Engagement Charter - June 2014
Appendix A25 Operational Risk
Appendix A26 Airspace
Appendix A27 Public Safety Zones
Appendix A28 Consultation Document
Appendix A29 Fuel Strategy
Appendix A30 Planning Context
Appendix A31 Waste
Appendix A32 Energy
Appendix A33 Geo Environmental
Gatwick Letter 14.05.14 - AC LGW 051
Air noise figures appendices
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Runway Options Consultation: April to July 2014
Our main consultation document ‘A Second Runway for Gatwick – Our 2014 Runway Options Consultation’ gives full details of our runway options and contains all the information you will need to respond to the consultation. We also produced a summary document ‘Consultation Summary – An introduction to our runway options Consultation’.
Gatwick Airport report of consultation - July 2014
Ipsos Mori Runway options consultation report - July 2014
High resolution noise contour plan for Option 3 - revised for 95 mppa - July 2014
Consultation document: ‘A Second Runway for Gatwick – Our 2014 runway options consultation’
Consultation document: Plan 0A-3C (layout, boundary and noise contour plans)
High resolution noise contour plan for Option 1
High resolution noise contour plan for Option 2
High resolution noise contour plan for Option 3
High resolution noise contour plan for Gatwick 2012
Consultation summary: ‘An introduction to our runway options consultation’
Other submission documents
Response to Airports Commission consultation on air quality: 28 May 2015
Letter to Airports Commission re: Laird & Stroombergen review: 10 March 2015
Gatwick traffic capacity and competition evidence: 2 February 2015
Initial response to Airports Commission consultation: 22 December 2014
Address by Gatwick Chief Executive Officer Stewart Wingate : 6 December 2014
Gatwick Response to AC Discussion Paper 7 - Delivery of New Runway Capacity: 15 August 2014
Gatwick Response to AC Discussion Paper 6 – Utilisation of the UK’s Existing Airport Capacity: 25 July 2014
The case for Heathrow: A reality check : 10 December 2013
Response to the Aviation Noise Discussion Paper: 06 September 2013
Proposals for providing additional runway capacity in the longer term : 23 July 2013
Appendices relating to the above proposals document: 23 July 2013
Presentation to GATCOM: 23 July 2013
InterVISTAS Assessing Connectivity report: 17 July 2013
Response to paper 4 on airport operational models: 11 July 2013
Aviation and climate change paper: 16 May 2013
Short and medium term options paper: 16 May 2013
Aviation connectivity and the economy paper: 18 April 2013
Proposed sifting criteria submission: 15 March 2013
Demand forecast paper: 15 March 2013
Letter of intent from Stewart Wingate to Sir Howard Davies: 28 February 2013