Airspace: Greater London

(asked on 12th October 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will experience an increase in the effect of noise as a result of the current plan to modernise London's airspace; what assessment his Department has made of the geographical extent of that increase; and what effect the proposed Heathrow expansion would have on those estimates.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 20th October 2015

The Government has not undertaken any such an assessments.


Proposals for airspace change in the UK are subject to the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) Airspace Change Process. A key part of this process is the requirement for airspace change sponsors to consider the potential noise impacts of their proposal and to consult those who may be affected. The CAA takes full account of the potential noise impact when making its decision.

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