Noise Policy Options for Farnborough Airport – Presentation on work carried out by Hepworth Acoustics for Rushmoor Council Peter Hepworth Thursday 31 st October 2013
Jan 11, 2016
Noise Policy Options for Farnborough Airport – Presentation on work carried out by Hepworth Acoustics for Rushmoor Council
Peter Hepworth
Thursday 31st October 2013
Scope of Presentation
• Brief
• Data sources
• Areas considered
• Recommendations for consideration
• Conclusions
Brief
• Assess current controls and consider options for future planning controls:-
• minimise the impact of noise and disturbance on the surrounding area
• control movements, particularly at weekends and bank holidays
• address the impact that the frequency of flight movements and individual flight events can have on the quality of life of local residents
Brief
• The assessment of possible controls of noise impact to be carried out ‘whilst balancing this with the economic benefits that the airport brings’
• Reference to be made to National Planning and Aviation Policy frameworks
Data sources
• Literature Review :-
• National Aviation and Planning Policies
• Existing Farnborough Airport Policies and Controls
• Other UK airport controls
• Worldwide airport controls
Data sources
• National Aviation and Planning Policies
• Little current national planning policy on aircraft noise
• Aviation Policy Framework produced in 2013
• Airports Commission Paper on aircraft noise produced in 2013
Data sources
• Existing Farnborough Airport Policies and Controls
• Planning conditions
• Controls in the Section 106 agreement
• Farnborough Airport Noise Action Plan
Data sources
• Other Airport Policies and Controls
• Planning conditions for UK Airports
• Noise Action Plans for UK Airports
• UK Aeronautical Information Package
• Boeing website ‘Airports with Noise and emissions Restrictions’ (contains 650 international airports)
• Airport websites and published papers
Areas considered
• Is the approach of a restriction of movement numbers and a noise budget still appropriate or are alternatives better ?
• How can a review procedure be incorporated in to the control mechanism?
• Advantages and disadvantages of policies to protect amenity of residents whilst providing future capacity for growth at the airport.
• Control of weekend/bank holiday noise
• Subjective assessment tools
Areas considered
• Noise envelopes suggested in Aviation Policy Framework
• Consideration of changes to future operating hours and differential movement limits
• Maximum daily movement limits
• Operational hours at other UK airports
• Frequency of movements
• Monitoring of noise limits for aircraft
Areas considered
• Alternative noise limit schemes
• Recalculation of noise contours for baseline review
• Possibilities for tightening the baseline
• Use of LAeq noise units and other options for describing noise impact
Recommendations for consideration
• Primary noise controls to remain movement limits and noise budget contours
• Noise budget contours to be recalculated to take account of changes in calculation methodology or operational procedures
• Any future increase in movement limits to lead to smaller LAeq contours
Recommendations for consideration
• No changes to be made to operational hours
• Daily movement limit for weekends and bank holidays
• Maximum noise limits to be set for large and smaller aircraft with reporting of results
• Commitment from airport to phase out aircraft that do not meet the latest ICAO noise standards within a given time period
Recommendations for consideration
• No additional recommendations to control ‘subjective’ aspects
• Any future planning applications to include further information on noise aspects, such as N70 contours
• Further work to be carried out on assessing most appropriate aircraft noise limits and reporting methodology
Conclusions
• Farnborough Airport has a comprehensive range of existing controls
• In some controls, Farnborough airport leads the world e.g. banning Chapter 3 aircraft
• The current controls provide a good methodology for future controls with appropriate revisions and updating
Conclusions
• Some additional controls are recommended
• The recommendations provide a methodology for protecting/improving residential amenity and accommodating some future growth of airport operations