Why residents must prevail

The WPOZ compensation campaign was launched in 2018 to lobby HEATHROW for the inclusion of Stanwell Moor into the Wider Property Offer Zone. After decades of aircraft noise, aircraft pollution, the impact upon our lives, our health and how our property values would be reduced by the airport expansion. There can be no question that Stanwell Moor residents MUST have the security of WPOZ!

“It’s simply inconceivable that Stanwell Moor is not included in the WPOZ, when villages not affected by the airport are compensated. - Jim McIlroy, Founder Stanwell Moor WPOZ”

Lodged with Government

I officially founded the Stanwell Moor WPOZ Campaign when I lodged campaign with Sir Jeremy Sullivan, appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport to oversee the Airport National Policy Statement to ensure best practice is upheld on the 14th November 2017. - This had to be done before the 19th of December, or Heathrow Airport would never have had to speak to us!

I also lodged with the Department of Transport and informed The Right Honourable Chris Grayling, Minister and Secretary of State for Transport. This meant the campaign now was officially recognised by the Government.

Regional Support & News

The campaign continues to be front-page on local and regional newspapers and has been reported nationally. - Due to the campaigns public profile and continued success Heathrow began to work with us after 40-years of ignoring us.

Heathrow Airports CEO, John Holland-Kaye wrote to the founder on the 27th July 2018 conceding a strong campaign is being fought and a strong case for extending the boundary of the Wider Property Offer Zone (WPOZ) has been set out, which has forced Heathrow Airport Ltd to seriously and actively consider a WPOZ extension to include the village of Stanwell Moor.

Kwasi Kwarteng our former MP is a strong supporter.

*Spelthorne Council also got behind the WPOZ campaign and issued a statement to Heathrow that they no longer support the airport expansion if Stanwell Moor was not included within the Wider Property Offer Zone.

The no New Noise excuse

Despite all of the support and evidence for inclusion and Mr Holland-Kaye saying their proposal shows how Heathrow is listening to local communities. He was to add insult to injury by announcing we would not be included as we would not experience "new noise".

His quote below clearly states a change from HAL on the original 'impacted by the third runway' stance to include 'home owners living close to the airport', which flies in the face of this ludicrous decision.

“Our proposal for expansion at Heathrow has been developed with input from local communities. We are committed to treating people fairly. People told us that we should extend our offer to local home owners living close to the airport and we have listened.” John Holland-Kaye.

Excuse 1: - Compensation was only for communities who would be impacted by a new third runway, when this is about the expansion of the airport in its entirety.

Then, after publicly conceding a strong case for extending the boundary of the Wider Property Offer Zone had forced Heathrow Airport Ltd to consider a WPOZ extension to include the village of Stanwell Moor. - How could HAL come up with this?

Excuse 2: - Stanwell Moor would not be included within the WPOZ as we would not experience "new noise".

“Dear Mr Holland-Kay - How much closer can we be. We live 0.7km from the airport, directly under a runway, ear-splitting aircraft over our homes every 45-seconds and YOU HAVE ‘NOT’ LISTENED TO US and you are definitely NOT treating us fairly!”

Prominent Vlogger visits

A day in the life of the people of Stanwell Moor: - This once pleasant village is the most-blighted community within the Heathrow perimeter where aircraft noise blights the lives of everyone who lives here daily, around every 45-seconds. For decades residents have lived directly under the noise from the Southern Runway but unbelievably Heathrow Airport has never adequately compensated them.

However the airport is now compensating residents of other villages who have never been affected. WHY? - Because they want to build a new runway.

Your video flags up exactly why we need to be compensated too. - Thanks Andy!

Unanimous resident support!

With approximately 520 homes in the village, 618 residents wrote letters to Heathrow's CEO John Holland-Kaye which were delivered by a team of representatives to the Compass Centre.

Demanding full compensation for those who wanted to leave the village now to find an affordable home elswhere to be carried forward for residents who would leve in the future. For those who stayed, better facilities, less noise, less pollution and improved connectivity to the airport!

SPELTHORNE BOROUGH COUNCIL SUPPORT

QUOTES
*Heathrow needs to deliver on clear, unequivocal commitments and promises given to local communities (specifically Stanwell Moor) between CON 1 and CON 2 that they would be part of the Wider Property Offer Zone (WPOZ), and should stop backtracking.

*WPOZ should be expanded to cover the whole of Stanwell Moor

*Heathrow has (at public and other meetings) advised the local community in Stanwell Moor in particular that they would be included within the WPOZ.

I believe in Community

At a rally a few years ago over five hundred people stopped all traffic in the village and walked with me to take over a Heathrow planned event in our village hall to sell the idea that the airport was a 'good neighbour' with our best interests at heart when its clear to the majority of our residents they are not.

The people decided after decades of airport blight that the security of inclusion for Stanwell Moor into the WPOZ was the (minimum) they expect.

HAL were told in no uncertain terms that lies and corporate deceipt would no longer be tolerated and their unwillingness to compensate the people of Stanwell Moor who are not only the airports nearest neighbour but the most negatively impacted village within the Heathrow perimeter is a thing of the past.

Historical weak representation had allowed this SCANDAL TO CONTINUE and Heathrow Airport took full advantage of it. We now have stronger representatives and HAL must acknowledge that while Stanwell Moor should have been compensated decades ago that it will now be included the village in the WPOZ scheme.