Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what regulations and other controls apply to skydiving flights in England particularly with regard to impacts on local residents from noise and other pollution, and environmental impacts.

All pilots of civil-registered aircraft, including skydiving flights, must comply with the requirements of the Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA). These are wide-ranging requirements covering aspects such as the minimum altitude which must be observed by pilots and the rules governing flying during the day and night periods.

Local aerodromes may have planning agreements in place with their local authority, setting out restrictions as part of the planning process when developing the aerodrome. These may include such things as restrictions on numbers and times of operations, and restrictions on overflying certain areas.