Enough is enough when it comes to aircraft noise say community groups from across the UK
A large number of community groups, representing hundreds of thousands of UK residents, delivered a statement to Number 10 demanding that the next government takes action to reduce aviation noise and emissions. The groups are seeking a new policy on aircraft noise and tough regulation of the aviation industry that balances the interests of people living near airports and under flight paths with the demands of the industry for more flights. Charles Lloyd of the Aviation Communities Forum said: “Anyone who lives near an airport expects some noise. But the changes caused by new concentrated routes – motorways in the sky – and the growth in flight numbers are having unacceptable affects on people’s lives, up and down the country. … For far too long the aviation industry has been unaccountable and able to do virtually what it wants in the skies. The industry has little interest in its impact on people on the ground and there’s no proper regulation to hold it to account. The Government’s hands-off attitude needs to change: communities near airports and under flight paths are no longer willing to be ignored. … Frustration is reaching a boiling point: people can’t sue the industry because its exempt from noise laws, there’s no noise regulator to turn to, the industry plays pass-the-parcel if you try to get things changed and they don’t even have to pay compensation if they destroy your health or the value of your house.” Read the full statement. Number 10 ACF document
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Enough is enough when it comes to aircraft noise say community groups from across the UK
22.5.2017
By Aviation Communities Forum (ACF)
Photograph is of five representatives delivering the statement to Number 10 – Sally Pavey of Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign, (GACC), Charles Lloyd of Aviation Community Forum (ACF), John Stewart of HACAN, Martin Peachey of Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) and Anna Sullivan-Jones of Luton And District Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (LADACAN)
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Today (Monday 22nd May) community groups representing hundreds of thousands of UK residents delivered a statement to Number 10 demanding that the next government takes action to reduce aviation noise and emissions. The groups are seeking a new policy on aircraft noise and tough regulation of the aviation industry that balances the interests of people living near airports and under flight paths with the demands of the industry for more flights.
Charles Lloyd of the Aviation Communities Forum said:
“Anyone who lives near an airport expects some noise. But the changes caused by new concentrated routes – motorways in the sky – and the growth in flight numbers are having unacceptable affects on people’s lives, up and down the country.”
“For far too long the aviation industry has been unaccountable and able to do virtually what it wants in the skies. The industry has little interest in its impact on people on the ground and there’s no proper regulation to hold it to account. The Government’s hands-off attitude needs to change: communities near airports and under flight paths are no longer willing to be ignored.”
“Frustration is reaching a boiling point: people can’t sue the industry because its exempt from noise laws, there’s no noise regulator to turn to, the industry plays pass-the-parcel if you try to get things changed and they don’t even have to pay compensation if they destroy your health or the value of your house.”
“The Aviation Communities Forum has been formed to help deliver a united message to the government and the industry: aircraft noise is destroying communities up and down the country and must be tackled through far tougher government policy and regulation. We are not luddites or NIMBYs: we know aviation brings economic and leisure benefits, but the combination of an industry that doesn’t care and a government that ignores the problem is no longer acceptable. Proposals to increase the capacity of UK airspace as part of its modernisation should not proceed until a sound policy and regulatory environment has been created.”
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The statement they handed in at 10 Downing Street can be read here.
Number 10 ACF document 22.5.2017
The following groups support the full Statement below:
Aircraft Noise 3 Villages
Association of Parish Councils Aviation Group
Aviation Communities Forum
Aviation Environment Federation
Back Ifold Plaistow and Loxwood against Noise and Emissions (BIPLANE)
Bentley Parish Council
Chiswick Against The Third Runway (CHART)
Communities Against Gatwick Noise and Emissions (CAGNE)
CPRE Sussex
CPRE Hampshire
CPRE Kent
CPRE Surrey
Easters and Rodings Action Group
East Sussex Communities for the Control of Air Noise (ESCCAN)
Edinburgh Airport Watch
Englefield Green Action Group
Flightpath Watch
Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign (GACC)
Gatwick Obviously Not
HarpendenSky.com
Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN)
High Weald Councils Aviation Action group (HWCAAG)
Luton And District Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (LADACAN)
London Luton Town & Villages Consultative Committee
Lydd Airport Action Group
Northington Parish Council
Nutfield Conservation Society (NCS)
Parish Councils Airport Association
People against Aircraft Intrusive Noise
Plane Wrong
Protect Aylesbury Vale Against Noise
Pulborough Against Gatwick Noise and Emissions (PAGNE)
Residents Against Aircraft Noise
Ropley Parish Council
Salfords and Sidlow Parish Council
Save Our Skies For Life On Earth
St Albans Quieter Skies (STAQS)
Stop Stansted Expansion
Teddington Action Group
Tunbridge Wells Anti Aircraft Noise Group
Wield Parish Council
The New Aviation Communities Forum
Additional information on the Aviation Communities Forum can be obtained from Charles Lloyd on 07725 633339 or email charleslloyd2015@hotmail.com
Correspondence address: Aviation Communities Forum, c/o Charles Lloyd, Keepers, Penshurst Road,
Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8HY