Englefield Green Action Group

Over 100 residents attended the rally in a very windy EG yesterday to air their concerns and protest against Heathrow expansion. The crowd chanted David Cameron’s pre-2010 election promise of ‘No ifs, no buts, no 3rd runway.’ HACAN (who organised the Advan) reported that the turnout had been the largest over the 3 day tour. […]

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY. An Advan – booked in conjunction with other local groups – will be finishing its 3 day journey of areas that will be severely adversely affected by 3rd runway in ENGLEFIELD GREEN on Saturday 5/12. It will be opposite Smith’s newsagents, St Jude’s Road at 1445. PLEASE COME AND SHOW […]

We are concerned that many EG residents are currently not fully aware of the implications of the third runway proposal for the village. The flight path maps (see here or copy and paste link at bottom of page) which have been produced by the Davies Commission as part of their recommendations, show how life in the village will […]

Hope this finds you well. Are you aware that there are over 10% more deaths p.a. (than the national average) due to long-term exposure to air pollution in Runnymede? Shocking isn’t it? On a separate note: it’s been a while since we last updated the ‘News’ page on this site (August 13th to be precise). I’m […]

I attach here a link for a little light night-time reading: the results of last year’s trials. Lots to get stuck in to here, but for those of you who want to cut to the chase, may I suggest you fast-forward to the conclusion on the Community Document on pages 36 & 37. There you’ll […]

It’s summer and most of us will be, hopefully, spending more time outside and in our gardens. If you have, it is impossible to ignore the increased aerial activity above us. At a friend’s in the village for a BBQ recently one evening all conversation had to stop as aircraft after aircraft roared over (many […]

Yesterday the Davies Commission Report was finally published and – not unexpectedly – recommneded a third runway (the North/West option) at Heathrow. I say not unexpected as the commission was asked to respond to the following question “what should Britain do to maintain its position as Europe’s most important aviation hub?” So Davies has done […]

Cllr Furey’s motion to overturn RBC’s recently adopted anto-Heathrow expansion overturned: 21 against, 11 for, 3 abstentions. Cllrs Taylor, Kusneraitis, Prescott and Meares spoke against. Thanks for support from the small but noisy crowd in the public gallery. This is a fantastic and unexpectedly resounding result for those who have worked endlessly to stop increased […]

Hello all,   We have had some disappointing news: Cllr Furey*, Addlestone, has tabled a motion to support Heathrow expansion (you will recall that the council only recently changed their position on Heathrow at a meeting in January 2015). Your attendance and support is – once again – vitally needed at this crucial time (details […]

All, Since forming our action group back in September as a response to the flight trials that blighted us until November, we have inevitably become drawn in to matters regarding expansion at Heathrow – as we are only too well aware of the potential negative effects on our area. As our group’s objective is to […]