Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 54214
Aviation: Noise
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 3 June 2025
Question
Chris Coghlan
Liberal Democrat — Dorking and Horley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will create standardised national aviation noise metrics for use in planning processes.
Answer
Mike KaneThe Government expects airports to explain their noise impacts through the use of appropriate metrics. Average noise exposure contours for day and night are the most established measure which show noise impacts around airports. The Government also encoura...
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