Consultation outcome

Night flights restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports beyond 2024, plus national night flight policy

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

This consultation informed a further consultation on the night-time noise abatement objectives for the designated airports which we published in March 2023.

Responses to the call for evidence (part 2) section of the 2020 to 2021 consultation will be covered in the material to be published as part of the consultation on the next night flight regime, expected to be launched in late 2023.


Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views and evidence on revising our night flight dispensation guidance, and on policy options for the government’s future night flight policy at the designated airports beyond 2024 and nationally.

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Consultation description

Consultation seeking views and evidence on:

  • revising our night flight dispensation guidance, allowing airport operators and the Secretary of State for Transport to disregard movements from the existing restrictions in certain circumstances
  • the night flight restrictions at the designated airports beyond 2024 including:
    • structure of the government’s night noise quota count system
    • length of the future regime
    • future movement and noise quota allowances
  • our national night flight policy, including on the health impacts of aviation noise at night and the economic value of night flights plus the emergence of new technology

These views were originally sought as part of the Night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports between 2022 and 2024 plus future night flight policy consultation of December 2020. The deadline for responses on these points is being extended within this consultation.

Documents

Published 4 March 2021
Last updated 23 June 2023 + show all updates
  1. Consultation outcome details added.

  2. Consultation extended to 11:59pm, Friday 3 September 2021.

  3. First published.