Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2016 to Question 48758, what steps have been taken to measure the effect of noise caused by flights going to and from London City Airport in Eltham constituency; and if he will make a statement.

As stated in the Government’s 2013 Aviation Policy Framework, the Government expects airports to help local communities understand the noise impacts they are affected by, through monitoring and provision of information. It is the responsibility of the airport to determine what monitoring is appropriate and to carry out such monitoring.

London City currently operates four noise monitoring terminals around the perimeter of the airport. Further details can be found in the airport’s noise action plan at the link below:

https://www.londoncityairport.com/content/pdf/Noise_Action_Plan_2013_2018.pdf

Under the terms of a previous planning agreement, the airport is also required to produce annual noise contours as part of its annual performance report. Further details, including noise contours for 2015 and a summary of planning agreement requirements, can be found at the link below:

http://lcacc.org/meeting-papers-key-documents/airport-annual-performance-report/