Noise overhead

A public meeting to Stop the Jets and save the peaceful Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty will be held on Thursday 27 March at 7.30pm at the Great Missenden Memorial Hall. The government is planning to allow the number of passengers at UK airports to increase by 40% in just seven years. The Chiltems are at risk from lowered flight paths yet the AONB is a designated area of tranquillity. NATS En Route plc (known as NATS) has been charged to produce proposals and to consult locally. NATS provides air traffic control services at 15 of the UK's biggest airports, and "en-route" air traffic services for aircraft flying through UK airspace. Visit the NATS website www.nats.co.uk, enter your postcode and see how you are affected in their consultation form. See the altitudes over Chesham at www.consultation.nats.co.uk/map/25/aircraft_routes.html?address=HP5+1DS. The consultation closes on Thursday 22 May. A concerned resident of Great Missenden said, “If the NATS proposals go ahead it will be the thin start of a very thick wedge. Protect the Chilterns and make sure your voice is heard." You can • Come to the meeting, • Lobby your M.P. eg. letters to David Lidington M.P., House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA, email davidlidingtonmpparliament.uk.