He said of the new Gatwick flight path trial, "Even these last few weeks, with the weather keeping people indoors and off season traffic levels, the noise from the flight path trial has been unacceptable for local residents. When high holiday season is on us, with the warm weather enticing people outside, the effects are likely to be intolerable. So I'm urging NATS and Gatwick to call time on this trial now. We've had the trial. It's failed."

All welcomed his speech.

The MP for Horsham then stayed to talk one to one with very concerned residents about this new flight path trial out of Gatwick that is over a six months period.

The Sunday (9th March) morning had been an early start for residents as planes boomed overhead from 6.15am every few minutes, which had been the case since the 17th February when the trial commenced without warning.

Gatwick Airport, and NATS, are testing new flight paths and are destroying the tranquility of Sussex villages.

‘It is wrong that all we can do is telephone the answerphone at Gatwick Airport to complain. We are assured our calls will be logged but it’s like asking a child to mark their own homework, we do not know if each complaint will be logged separately or if our address is only logged once. Surely an independent body like the Civil Aviation Authority should be monitoring Gatwick’s new flight path trial,’ said local resident Sally Pavey.

Rt Hon Francis Maude MP and Christina Maude with the over 300 people in the Parish of Warnham.

Warnham village dates back to the 14th century with the church hosting monuments belonging to influential families including the Shelley family with the poet Percy Byssh Shelley having been born in Warnham in 1792, and is a conservation area.

'It was good to meet so many people of Warnham this morning as well as a number of others from other parishes that have also been affected. People are starting to realise the threat of a second runway and are starting to ask serious questions about the implications that expanding Gatwick would have on them all,’ said Chairman of GACC Brendon Sewill. 'They should be aware that their Horsham councillors will be debating the subject shortly and need to tell them that new flight paths from a new runway (which could affect much of the Horsham District) are unacceptable.' Images of Rt Hon Francis Maude MP and Christina Maude with the over 300 people in the Parish of Warnham. Rt Hon Francis Maude MP talks to the crowd from the War memorial.

By Sally Pavey, GACC