The omission is just one of the reasons given by the county and district councils for their opposition to the proposals from National Air Traffic Services (NATS).

NATS, which manages air traffic at 15 UK airports for the Civil Aviation Authority, is holding a consultation on changes to the air traffic control system that includes proposals to introduce new dedicated holding zones for Luton and Stansted airport.

Currently there are two shared zones over Royston and Sudbury, but because of increasing air traffic this is leading to delays.
NATS are therefore planning to have the Luton-bound jets – up to eight at a time – circle at between 7,000ft and 14,000ft in an area approximately 10km wide by 20km long.

It would stretch from just south of Godmanchester, all the way south to Potton with the border of the oval shape being just past Cambourne to the east and Abbotsley to the west.

A total of 14,227 people will live under the zone in villages including Hilton, Papworth Everard, Gravely, Yelling and Toseland.

The population in Huntingdonshire is estimated to increase by 5,000 over the next few years, before levelling out at around 166,000 in a decade's time.

The population of South Cambridgeshire, which includes Cambourne, is expected to shoot up by 20,000 between 2011 and 2021.
However, these figures were not a factor in NATS' planning.
A spokesman said: "You can't take into account possible growth. Until houses have been built it is not guaranteed."

Leader of the district council, Ian Bates, is not happy with the situation.
He said: "We have some concerns, major concerns. They have not taken into account the growth we have in this area. They have used out of date census data.

"The current stacks are over areas of population and they want to move them to areas of less population, but if you don't take into account growth your arguments are flawed."

The consultation was recently extended to full consultation document can be viewed at the website www.consultation.nats.co.uk/