Written questions

Aviation: Noise

Commons · Question 54214 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 3 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will create standardised national aviation noise metrics for use in planning processes.

Answer

Answered by Mike Kane, 3 Jun 2025

The 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...