Residents living under large swathes of west London have apparently been left out of a government consultation into the expansion of a third runway at Heathrow.

Nearly half a million residents directly affected by proposed new flight paths across the capital have not received official documents that were supposed to invite their feedback, the Evening Standard reported.

Campaigners say many of those people would have vociferously registered their opposition had they been able to take part in discussions and that their exclusion marks a bid by airport authorities to bypass the legitimate concerns of local residents.

Heathrow is already the world's busiest international airport but if construction of the third runway is approved some 220,000 extra planes will fly over London each year - raising serious concerns about noise pollution for residents.

Last month, the British Airports Authority offered 41,000 residents an olive branch in the form of free double glazing to block out the noise of overhead jets, but that limited gesture seems to have done little to quell criticism.

The affected areas of west London are Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Chiswick, Kensington, Holland Park and Southall.


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Author:  Joanne McCabe

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