Newsnight - Heathrow 3rd Runway Debate
Discussion
Most of the village I grew up in will be tarmaced including the old Saxon church and graveyard.
The runway will, as far as I understand, still leave my parents home in one piece albeit with a great view of the planes !
When my parents brought their house and chose to raise their family there Heathrow was a runway and a few sheds; never did they imagine in their dotage that they would be put in a position that they can't sell to go to a retirement home and neither will they get compensation for the huge lose of value to their home.
Still the runway has to be somewhere I suppose.
Edited as I have to remember my inheritance
The runway will, as far as I understand, still leave my parents home in one piece albeit with a great view of the planes !
When my parents brought their house and chose to raise their family there Heathrow was a runway and a few sheds; never did they imagine in their dotage that they would be put in a position that they can't sell to go to a retirement home and neither will they get compensation for the huge lose of value to their home.
Still the runway has to be somewhere I suppose.
Edited as I have to remember my inheritance
Edited by 13th on Monday 12th January 23:11
13th said:
Most of the village I grew up in will be tarmaced including the old Saxon church and graveyard.
The runway will, as far as I understand, still leave my parents home in one piece albeit with a great view of the planes !
When my parents brought their house and chose to raise their family there Heathrow was a runway and a few sheds; never did they imagine in their dotage that they would be put in a position that they can't sell to go to a retirement home and neither will they get compensation for the huge lose of value to their home.
Still the runway has to be somewhere I suppose.
Edited as I have to remember my inheritance
Why won't they got compensation? A huge sum has been built in to compensate local residents. Let's not let facts get in the way of a good rant though.The runway will, as far as I understand, still leave my parents home in one piece albeit with a great view of the planes !
When my parents brought their house and chose to raise their family there Heathrow was a runway and a few sheds; never did they imagine in their dotage that they would be put in a position that they can't sell to go to a retirement home and neither will they get compensation for the huge lose of value to their home.
Still the runway has to be somewhere I suppose.
Edited as I have to remember my inheritance
Edited by 13th on Monday 12th January 23:11
A 3rd runway is needed for many reasons, most of them financial.
When Heathrow was built it was miles away from anywhere, most "locals" moved in long after the airport was in heavy use, so frankly grumping and whinging about it is a bit silly. Don't like aircraft? Don't live near an airport.
As for "plane stupid".........Frankly napalm is the only answer to them. Hacan are just as daft as well.
IforB said:
When Heathrow was built it was miles away from anywhere, most "locals" moved in long after the airport was in heavy use, so frankly grumping and whinging about it is a bit silly. Don't like aircraft? Don't live near an airport.
As for "plane stupid".........Frankly napalm is the only answer to them. Hacan are just as daft as well.
My parents bought their home many many years ago when Heathrow was tiny but are now blighted by the new runway, they would sell happily, or offer any compensation to a prospective buyer but they can't as although the runway will be within spitting distance it doesn't actually take the house out.As for "plane stupid".........Frankly napalm is the only answer to them. Hacan are just as daft as well.
Come walk in their shoes before you make comment!
As an ex-Hounslow resident. I know what living next to an airport is like. If they can prove that the new runway will have a negative effect on their house price, then they should be entitled to compensation, there is a scheme specifically set up for folks like your parents.
Personally, I think Heathrow should be bulldozed and a new monster airport built in the Thames Estuary, with proper high speed road and rail links, but as that will never happen we've got to put up with expanding Heathrow.
Personally, I think Heathrow should be bulldozed and a new monster airport built in the Thames Estuary, with proper high speed road and rail links, but as that will never happen we've got to put up with expanding Heathrow.
13th said:
Most of the village I grew up in will be tarmaced including the old Saxon church and graveyard.
The runway will, as far as I understand, still leave my parents home in one piece albeit with a great view of the planes !
When my parents brought their house and chose to raise their family there Heathrow was a runway and a few sheds; never did they imagine in their dotage that they would be put in a position that they can't sell to go to a retirement home and neither will they get compensation for the huge lose of value to their home.
Still the runway has to be somewhere I suppose.
Edited as I have to remember my inheritance
#The runway will, as far as I understand, still leave my parents home in one piece albeit with a great view of the planes !
When my parents brought their house and chose to raise their family there Heathrow was a runway and a few sheds; never did they imagine in their dotage that they would be put in a position that they can't sell to go to a retirement home and neither will they get compensation for the huge lose of value to their home.
Still the runway has to be somewhere I suppose.
Edited as I have to remember my inheritance
Edited by 13th on Monday 12th January 23:11
How old are you? Heathrow has been a major airport since the expansion of air travel in the 1960's.
I have no sympathy for anyone who bought property in the environs of Heathrow (and was therefore in a position to benefit from its economic expansion) who is now bleating about the impact on property values / loss of homes.
I watched it, and thought the child speaking on behalf of Plane Stupid didn't do the best of jobs.
Personally I'm utterly on the fence, on the one hand I see the economic and capacity requirements, and lets face it, as much as the green lobby would like to think it will, demand for space for those planes to go isn't going to drop off.
On the other, who wants an runaway plonked on top of their village.
I don't know, I'm just going to keep out of it, and as I don't live in Hounslow it doesn't effect me. My solution, lets do what the Japanese did and just add some more country! Adding enough for a new airport out on the coast somewhere would surely put all the Woolworths employees back into work at very least, and it would be a great engineering feat.
Personally I'm utterly on the fence, on the one hand I see the economic and capacity requirements, and lets face it, as much as the green lobby would like to think it will, demand for space for those planes to go isn't going to drop off.
On the other, who wants an runaway plonked on top of their village.
I don't know, I'm just going to keep out of it, and as I don't live in Hounslow it doesn't effect me. My solution, lets do what the Japanese did and just add some more country! Adding enough for a new airport out on the coast somewhere would surely put all the Woolworths employees back into work at very least, and it would be a great engineering feat.
Edited by AndyWoodall on Tuesday 13th January 00:16
Mobile Chicaneb]How[/b said:
old are you? Heathrow has been a major airport since the expansion of air travel in the 1960's.
I have no sympathy for anyone who bought property in the environs of Heathrow (and was therefore in a position to benefit from its economic expansion) who is now bleating about the impact on property values / loss of homes.
Expert on Heathrow are you? I would be very interested to hear what infrastructure you know to have been present in 1960?I have no sympathy for anyone who bought property in the environs of Heathrow (and was therefore in a position to benefit from its economic expansion) who is now bleating about the impact on property values / loss of homes.
When my parents bought there they did not expect an international airport but accepted that times move on but to have their home yards from the next runway, I think they have a right to be a little miffed!
13th said:
Mobile Chicaneb]How[/b said:
old are you? Heathrow has been a major airport since the expansion of air travel in the 1960's.
I have no sympathy for anyone who bought property in the environs of Heathrow (and was therefore in a position to benefit from its economic expansion) who is now bleating about the impact on property values / loss of homes.
Expert on Heathrow are you? I would be very interested to hear what infrastructure you know to have been present in 1960?I have no sympathy for anyone who bought property in the environs of Heathrow (and was therefore in a position to benefit from its economic expansion) who is now bleating about the impact on property values / loss of homes.
When my parents bought there they did not expect an international airport but accepted that times move on but to have their home yards from the next runway, I think they have a right to be a little miffed!
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