Tuesday, 1 November 2016
LAANC Notes re Meeting Changes
Please note that the Meetings of the Executive on 4th November and the Council on 9th December have both been cancelled and will be replaced by a Council Meeting at 10 am on Thursday 17th November at the same venue.
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
LAANC Response to CAA Consultation, CAP 1389
Please follow this link to view LAANC's detailed on-line response to the CAA Consultation on proposals for a revised airspace
change process, CAP 1389."The purpose of this consultation is for the CAA to learn your views on some changes we are considering making to our airspace change decision-making process. Our objective is to optimise our process to ensure that all stakeholders are adequately consulted as part of a transparent, proportionate process. The process should be impartial and evidence based, and should take proper account of the needs and interests of all affected stakeholders." CAA, March 2016
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Assessing the Airport Commission report
Please follow the link below to view the "Report by Hillingdon, Richmond, Wandsworth, and Windsor and Maidenhead councils, members of the 2M Group, October 2015".
Assessing the work of the Airports Commission
Defra Noise Research Reports
Summarised below are links to a suite of noise research reports recently issued by Defra.
January 2016 Reports
1.
Review of SAHSU :
2.
Hypertension Review :
3.
Investigation into the potential for a UK-wide Support Infrastructure for Low
Frequency Noise Sufferers:
4.
Focussed Noise Monitoring Study 2013 (2 reports):
5.
Environmental Noise Valuation - the costs and benefits of remediation measures:
6.
Effects of EIA on Planning with regard to human health, flora, fauna and the
built environment:
7.
Documenting Production of Round 2 Noise Maps (2 reports):
8.
Comparison of the impact of using different input parameters between Round 1
and Round 2 noise mapping:
9.
Evidence and Usage of SOAEL, LOAEL, etc.:
10.
Possible Options for Identification of SOAEL and LOAEL:
December 2015 Reports
11.
Survey of Noise Attitudes (SoNA2013):
12.
Additional Analysis of the NNAS2012 Dataset:
Thursday, 2 July 2015
LAANC’s view on the Airport Commission report
In view of the Airport Commissions Recommendation
that Heathrow should have a third runway, the next Executive Meeting of
LAANC is being upgraded to a Full Council Meeting so as to enable as many
members and observers possible to attend and hear LAANC’s initial view of
the Report.
This Meeting will be held at 10.30am on 17th July
2015 at Spelthorne Council Offices, Knowle Green Staines. TW18 1XB
If you would like to attend as an Observer please advise us
on 01932 785841, time and venue as per the detail on our fact sheet page.
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Airports Commission: Air Quality Assessment
LAANC's Response
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In LAANC’s view the consultation has failed to clearly set
out the conclusions of its own air quality assessment within the current UK
planning policy framework. For example the assessment does not address the
potential policy conflicts of opting for either of the two Heathrow proposals.
The conflicts arise as the NPPF states that the planning system should perform
an environmental role to minimise pollution.
One of the twelve core planning principles notes that planning should
“contribute to reducing pollution”. Specifically in relation to air quality
impacts, the NPPF states that: “Planning policies should sustain compliance
with and contribute towards EU limit values or national objectives for
pollutants, taking into account the presence of Air Quality Management Areas
and the cumulative impacts on air quality from individual sites in local areas.
Planning decisions should ensure that any new development in Air Quality
Management Areas is consistent with the local air quality action plan”.
The Commission’s assessment shows that there is a significant risk that any expansion of Heathrow would have material negative impacts on local air quality. It is therefore difficult to see how either shortlisted Heathrow option can comply with current national planning policy guidance as neither option will contribute to pollution reduction or contribute towards meeting national or EU Air Quality Limit Values.
The Commission’s assessment shows that there is a significant risk that any expansion of Heathrow would have material negative impacts on local air quality. It is therefore difficult to see how either shortlisted Heathrow option can comply with current national planning policy guidance as neither option will contribute to pollution reduction or contribute towards meeting national or EU Air Quality Limit Values.
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