Issue - meetings

To receive the report about data on the movement of aircraft at Stansted Airport. Presented by Jeremy Pine (Planning Policy/Development Management Liaison Officer).

The Planning Policy/Development Management Liaison Officer took the Panel through the Aircraft Movement Data.

The Panel said that Stansted Airport should not be permitted to carry over unused night flight quota allowances into the following season. They also wanted an annual quota rather than different quotas for the summer and winter periods.

The Panel noted that the night movement data reported to the Stansted Airport Advisory Committee reported to the council by MAG contained some discrepancies for January to March 2018.  MAG had acknowledged these discrepancies and had confirmed that the QC and movement quotas for that winter period had not been exceeded.

The night noise restrictions regime is set by the government. The Chairman said that he would seek clarification of the discrepancies from MAG.

The respective merits of using LEQ contours and N-numbers for noise metrics were discussed. The Chairman said that averaging noise exposure did not reflect the experience of those affected, but the number of noise events would.

The Planning Policy/Development Management Liaison Officer said that the Government was currently consulting on a new UK Aviation Strategy to 2050, and that a consultation on the next night flight restrictions would start in the latter part of the year.

Action

·                     Chairman to clarify points on aircraft movement data with MAG.