That many houses might justify the provision of a bus service or two....
Haha - maybe, but people generally prefer not to be bound by bus times (which in practice, especially in winter means freezing to death, whilst being rained on and catching a cold whilst waiting for the bus service which is running substantially late (or was running early and left before you got there, or was cancelled due to lack of drivers). Which is an all but too common occurrence in Surrey/Kent. I know very few people who live outside of London and use public transport from their homes as their primary transportation method. I think just contemplating doing the weekly / biweekly shop on a bus for a family of 3+ doesn't sound plausible to me.
I'd still waiver the "Be careful what you wish for" to people campaigning to shut down the aerodrome.