Consultation outcome

Night flight restrictions at Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation was withdrawn on

The 2022 to 2024 night flight restrictions consultation was released on 2 December 2020.

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted: decision document

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email webmasterdft@dft.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted: additional consultation analysis

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email webmasterdft@dft.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Night flight restrictions at the designated airports, 2017-2022: final impact assessment

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email webmasterdft@dft.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Night flight restrictions at the designated airports, 2017-2022: Regulatory Policy Committee opinion

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email webmasterdft@dft.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Detail of outcome

Following the Department for Transport’s consultation, this document announces our decision on night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports.


Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on proposals for night flight restrictions at Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted from October 2017.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

We are seeking views on proposals for replacing night flight restrictions at:

  • Gatwick
  • Heathrow
  • Stansted

Our proposals relate to:

  • our environmental objective
  • the length of the restrictions
  • the structure of the restrictions
  • movement limits at each airport
  • noise quota limits at each airport

These proposals are not relevant to Heathrow expansion.

Documents

Night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted: consultation document

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email webmasterdft@dft.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Night flight restrictions at the designated airports, 2017 to 2022: consultation impact assessment

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email webmasterdft@dft.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Updates to this page

Published 12 January 2017
Last updated 13 July 2017 + show all updates
  1. Decision published.

  2. First published.

Sign up for emails or print this page