CAA invite anyone affected by aircraft noise to complete their survey – ends 5th January 2018

Date added: 28 November, 2017

The CAA has a current consultation on aircraft noise, for those affected by it. The consultation started on 6th July and ends on 5th January. It is a short survey that is easy for individuals to complete on the basis of their own personal noise experience. The CAA says  it is “looking at how we can influence the aviation industry’s noise performance, and we would like to hear from people impacted by aviation noise to get a better understanding of what you would like us to do about noise.” (Anything other than not allow more and more flights ….) The CAA says: “Answering these questions will help us to understand which areas people who are affected by aviation noise would like us to focus on, and therefore help to define our work programme. However, we will not always be able to act, and at the moment we are looking at how we use our existing powers to improve noise.” … “We intend to use this information to inform how we use our existing powers to improve noise performance in the coming years. If we believe that we, or another organisation, need more powers to influence the things that matter most to people, we will explain why this is the case when we publish a response.”
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Survey at

https://consultations.caa.co.uk/policy-development/aviation-noise-impacts/consultation/subpage.2017-06-21.5194745678/

Overview

Closes 5 Jan 2018

Opened 6 Jul 2017

https://consultations.caa.co.uk/policy-development/aviation-noise-impacts/

This review relates to our broad role on noise management. Separately, we are working to ensure our airspace change decision-making process includes appropriate evidence about noise and appropriate engagement with people impacted by aviation noise. As that work is already under way, it isn’t covered by this review, which is looking at further work we may undertake, once we have identified what is important to people.

Why We Are Consulting

We intend to use this information to inform how we use our existing powers to improve noise performance in the coming years. If we believe that we, or another organisation, need more powers to influence the things that matter most to people, we will explain why this is the case when we publish a response.

Give Us Your Views

Online Survey

Contact

nic.stevenson@caa.co.uk

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Below are the questions in the survey:

About your area

1. To help us understand which issues affect which areas, please select the country or region where you live.

2. Please enter your postcode

3. It can sometimes be hard to tell, but which of the following airport(s) do you believe impact(s) you:

4. What type of aircraft noise do you think impacts on you most?

5. If the CAA was to tackle just three of the aviation noise issues that concern you, which would you like to see us focus on? (select up to three things)

Options are:

Aircraft flying lower than they should be

Aircraft flying where they shouldn’t be flying

Aircraft having their landing gear down

Aircraft numbers increasing without being able to have a say

Aircraft are flying in different places and no one told me

Flights late at night

Flights early in the morning

Helicopter noise at unsociable hours

Helicopter noise in general

My local airport isn’t doing enough to manage noise

No organisation listening to community concerns

Nobody represents my interests to my local airport

Noise from aircraft when they are on the ground

Noise from light aircraft

Noise from small airfields

Not being given enough information about aircraft noise when I moved house

Stopping noise in tranquil areas (like National Parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty)

The information my local airport provides is difficult to understand

The tone of noise from particular aircraft (for instance engine whine or buzz)

There is no national planning policy that guides against new homes being built under flight paths

 

 
 
 

Your experience of aviation noise

4. What type of aircraft noise do you think impacts on you most?

5. If the CAA was to tackle just three of the aviation noise issues that concern you, which would you like to see us focus on? (select up to three things)

Options are:

Aircraft flying lower than they should be

Aircraft flying where they shouldn’t be flying

Aircraft having their landing gear down

Aircraft numbers increasing without being able to have a say

Aircraft are flying in different places and no one told me

Flights late at night

Flights early in the morning

Helicopter noise at unsociable hours

Helicopter noise in general

My local airport isn’t doing enough to manage noise

No organisation listening to community concerns

Nobody represents my interests to my local airport

Noise from aircraft when they are on the ground

Noise from light aircraft

Noise from small airfields

Not being given enough information about aircraft noise when I moved house

Stopping noise in tranquil areas (like National Parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty)

The information my local airport provides is difficult to understand

The tone of noise from particular aircraft (for instance engine whine or buzz)

There is no national planning policy that guides against new homes being built under flight paths

Other (please describe below)

 
 
 

6. Thinking of where you live now, how long have you been annoyed by aviation noise?

7. Which of these organisations would you expect to provide information relating to aviation noise? Select all that apply.

8. Which of these organisations would you expect to act to reduce aviation noise? Select all that apply.

9. Is there anything else you would like to say about aircraft noise?

Almost Done…

You are about to submit your response. By clicking ‘Submit Response’ you give us permission to analyse and include your response in our results. After you click Submit, you will no longer be able to go back and change any of your answers.

If you provide an email address you will be sent a receipt and a link to a PDF copy of your response.

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One local group commented: 

As noise is considered as an average and that this deviates from the reality of how residents experience noise. Any noise limit based on averages gives rise to an exponential increase in number of flights (which we would notice) for every small decrease in decibels (which we would not notice).
A reputable acoustics consultant stated: d that: “If all aircraft using a particular airport were 3 dB less noisy, the number of movements could be doubled and the same noise contour area achieved […] It is highly likely that those living nearby would not perceive the tiny noise reduction per plane, but would definitely notice the doubling of movements and be adversely affected by it.”
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It is important to fill in the “Other” boxes, and make the point that there may be a need for an independent body, which is capable of taking into consideration noise generated by an accumulation of both local air traffic, for the nearby airport as well as the impact of traffic using another airport further away, which may also generate noise for  your area – or affect the local flight paths.

Many areas are not included in an airport’s their “noise contours” but experience serious disturbance nonetheless.

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Posted: Tuesday, November 28th, 2017. Filed in Blog, Noise News, Recent News.