ST. Anyone can indeed request that a NOTAM be published, however the request will be refused if it concerns facilities at an a/d which does not appear in the UK AIP. Go read the definition of NOTAM. If the information is not in the UK AIP then any change to it won't get published.
BTW last time I looked NOTAM had little to do with Gatwick. They are issued by the Airspace Utilisation Section of the CAA who unless they have moved are at Kingsway in London and published by NATS AIS on the A4 just outside Heathrow.
On the subject of Popham I've flown from there for a number of years. CT is unfailingly courteous, I've never seen him get ratty. He's also a very experienced pilot in his own right.
Last edited by Mike Cross; 16th Jan 2013 at 21:34.