AirportWatch response to the Aviation Scoping Document Consultation
for UK Aviation”. This consultation closed on 20th October. There will be a further,
full, consultation next March on the developing policy, for planned adoption by
government in March 2013. AirportWatch has produced a range of supporting evidence documents, to back its arguments, and these as well as the AirportWatch response are now available. Also excellent, detailed, comprehensive and closely argued responses from a range of AirportWatch member organisations, arguing for a truly environmental responsible and sustainable future UK aviation policy. Links to
these are available below.
The Scoping Document consultation began in March 2011. There is some information
about this at:
Aviation Scoping Document published today – a chance to “drag UK aviation policy into the 21st century”
– Secretary of State condemns Labour’s Aviation White Paper as Government starts
to draw up new transport policy https://www.airportwatch.org.uk/news/detail.php?art_id=4535 30.3.2011
papers. The response can be seen at:
International Air Connectivity for Business
Health_impacts_of_aircraft_noise.pdf
response from Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport Manchester SEMA response
response to the questions relating to biofuel from Biofuelwatch Biofuelwatch response
response from CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) CPRE response
response from Plane Stupid and Cirencester People and Planet Plane Stupid and People & Planet response
response by the Aviation Environment Federation
AEF’s response to the Government’s recent consultation on the future of UK aviation policy is available below. In our response we welcome the Government’s acknowledgement that the level of growth planned for in the previous policy, the 2003 white paper, was not environmentally sustainable. We argue that the new aviation policy needs to define clearly the environmental limits within which the industry can develop and compete before determining decisions on airport capacity and aviation growth. Our response consists of six documents:
Scoping document response – the main paper in which we tackle the large majority of the consultation questions
AEF Appendix – aviation and economy – supplementary evidence and analysis relating to the sector’s economic costs and benefits
Noise dialogue final paper – a submission put together collectively by AEF, BA, HACAN, Heathrow Airport and NATS
NPPF consultation response – our response to the draft National Planning Policy Framework, included here because of the need for policies on both aviation and planning to ensure that airport development meets sustainability criteria; the response notes a particular policy gap in relation to airport planning and climate change
Airports, risk and the public interest – an evidence paper calling for change to the way in which public safety around airports is handled
Also
to initiate a dialogue with a wide range of stakeholders on the future direction
of aviation policy.
Download documents
Developing a sustainable framework for UK aviation: Scoping document (375 kb)