NIMBY's strike again

[Anthony Supplebottom]

Protesters complaining about helicopter flights making too much noise during Deal Regatta Week have been labelled as “party-poopers and miserable”.

The description came from John Trickey, chairman of the Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown Regatta Association, who was left angry at the loss of the popular trips, now banned.

Flights by Manston-based Heli-Charter took place during the weekend before the carnival and also on the day of the procession. But complaints were made to the district council, much to the annoyance of the regatta committee.

Ellen Pughe, the company’s operations assistant, said: “The only site that is suitable to fly from and adheres to the rules and regulations put in place by the Civil Aviation Authority is the site we have used for the past 10 years at least.

“Unfortunately, due to three complainants, Dover District Council will not allow us to carry on operating from this site. We cannot find an alternative site for our operations to take place.”

Regatta boss slams helicopter flight ban (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/east_kent_mercury/news/deal-regatta-helicopter-ban-4485/)

Sorry to hear about this longbox :sad:

[TRY2FLY]

Bar Stewards

[P1DRIVER]

Sorry to inform you

But the world that we live and fly in is full of RSoles . :ugh::ugh:

[Anthony Supplebottom]

Bar Stewards

Agreed. Absolute anchors.

[heliski22]

“Unfortunately, due to three complainants, Dover District Council will not allow us to carry on operating from this site. We cannot find an alternative site for our operations to take place.”

"...three complainants..."

I had to read that several times...but three complainants brought an end to it, in spite of apparent popular appeal?

[Hughes500]

Hm thought aircraft were banned from noise abatement laws !

[JTobias]

Hmmmmmm,

Maybe a few private operators should fly in and out of the venue, all day long, just for the sheer hell of it!!!

Joel :ok:

[XV666]

Unfortunately, due to three complainants, Dover District Council will not allow us to carry on operating from this site. We cannot find an alternative site for our operations to take place

So if they consider 3 complaints to be justification to stop an approved operation, it can't be that difficult to get six complaints to call the council for the operation to be re-opened?

"Dear Council, I wish to complain that I had expected to fly over the event and demand this advertised option be reinstated"

cc the Daily Mail, of course

:hmm:

[OvertHawk]

I'm presuming that the only mechanism that they have to stop this operation is that they own the bit of ground that was used. Otherwise, as long as the operation is CAA compliant then the local authority can do little about it i would have thought (as long as it does not exceed the 28 days a year land use rule).

Does seem harsh - Three complaints v hundreds of people buying tickets.

:ugh:

OH

[misterbonkers]

ACT ON IT!

[email protected]

[Overdrive]

"Complaints made to the council prompted officers to monitor noise".
Monitor and what? What did they actually find?

[misterbonkers]

That noise levels went up when the helicopter came to land and the children screamed with excitement!

[Sick or ski]

Noisy.. during regatta week.. who would've thought. It's the sound of others having fun and local communities thriving that some people just can't stand.

[stringfellow]

Anything fun these days is scorned upon... what gets me is hundreds having fun is over ridden by a few complaints. Ridiculous.

[2Sticks]

These three complainants are probably the same three people who would not think twice about starting up their petrol lawn mowers and droning on for a couple of hours non-stop every Sunday throught Spring and Summer, which can be a major disturber of the peace!

I can remember when they built a housing estate next to Booker airfield and some of the people who had bought the houses complained about aircraft noise! :confused:

2Sticks

[The Night Owl]

Got this back from the council....


Dear '

I can confirm that Dover District Council did not ban the helicopter rides during Deal regatta week and has no wish to do so at the present time. The Council is, however, continuing to work with the company and event organisers in order to try and ensure that noise impact from helicopter rides at events is minimised as far as is reasonably practicable.

Regards,

Diane Croucher


Diane Croucher
Head of Regulatory Services
Dover District Council
Council Offices, White Cliffs Business Park, Whitfield, Dover CT16 3PJ

Tel: 01304 872208
Mob: 07815 738802
Email: [email protected]
Web: Dover District Council (http://www.dover.gov.uk)

[Rotoronin]

I'm offended by X factor, can we get that banned?

[Anthony Supplebottom]

Got this back from the council....

Ha ha, well done Night Owl! :ok:

Nice to see someone taking the initiative and supporting the industry. :D

[500e]

I wrote to NO had same reply, I expect you asked same question which was answered
correctly to the letter.
But
"I can confirm that Dover District Council did not ban the helicopter rides during Deal regatta week and has no wish to do so at the present time. The Council is, however, continuing to work with the company and event organisers in order to try and ensure that noise impact from helicopter rides at events is minimised as far as is reasonably practicable"
In a week :{

[jimmy83]

We will be operating the site tomorrow for the Deal fun day maybe for the last time :-/

[AndyPandy068]

As a reply to the nimbys why not publish the GPS coordinates and send every GA aircraft over the top of these luddites at 505 feet?

[Anthony Supplebottom]

This is the time of year when we traditionally see the Autumnal Nimbys crawling out of their summer recesses, I think these two are probably the first of the season: Helicopter hell during training above housing (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald) (http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/10654100.Helicopter_hell_during_training_above_housing/)

Love some of the comments! :ok: