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\u00a0<\/b>Heathrow\u2019s busiest ever month together with the recent heat-wave have resulted in a record number of aircraft noise complaints received by campaign group HACAN . \u00a0Heathrow\u2019s figures for July, just released, show that 6.97 million passengers used the airport during the month (1).<\/b><\/p>\n
HACAN chair John Stewart said, \u201cOpen windows at night coupled with more outdoor activities has meant that more than hundreds of thousands people in West London and beyond are having to put up with what at times seems like constant aircraft noise.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cIt puts into perspective Heathrow\u2019s current consultation on compensation \u2013 www.heathrow.com\/publicconsultation<\/a> – if a third runway is ever built.\u00a0 You simply can\u2019t compensate people for the disturbance of planes thundering over as they sit in their gardens trying to enjoy the summer sunshine. And of course, there is increasing evidence that too much noise is as bad for your health as too much sunshine.\u201d<\/p>\n Stewart said, \u201cJust imagine how much worse the noise could be with a 3rd<\/sup> runway and at least 250,000 more flights each year using Heathrow\u201d.<\/p>\n ENDS<\/b><\/p>\n Notes for editors:<\/b><\/p>\n (1). <\/b>Heathrow records busiest month ever (6.97m pass., +0.5%), busiest day, & cargo up 7.8%. July results: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1mBIhHU\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n For further information:<\/b><\/p>\n John Stewart on 0207 737 6641 or 07957385650<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESS RELEASE \u00a0for 11\/8\/14 for immediate use \u00a0Heathrow\u2019s busiest ever month together with the recent heat-wave have resulted in a record number of aircraft noise complaints received by campaign group HACAN . \u00a0Heathrow\u2019s figures for July, just released, show that 6.97 million passengers used the airport during the month (1). HACAN chair John Stewart said, … Continue reading “AIRCRAFT NOISE COMPLAINTS SOAR AS PASSENGERS NUMBERS REACH RECORD LEVELS AT HEATHROW DURING THE RECENT HEATWAVE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}