The London Assembly’s Environment Committee has been investigating the issue of helicopter noise in London, focusing primarily on the following areas:

• To establish what impact any increase in helicopter traffic and noise has had on Londoners and how this is being addressed;
• To determine helicopter route-ing in London and to assess whether improvements can be made to the way helicopter air traffic is managed;
• To establish the noise performance of helicopters typically used and the different types of helicopter use in London;
• To examine the effectiveness of the three policies on helicopter noise in the Mayor’s Noise Strategy.

The Environment Committee obtained nearly 200 pieces of written evidence on environmental essay topics https://essaystore.net/environmental-essays-topics/ from a wide range of organisations and the public. The Committee held a meeting in public with expert witnesses on 13 July and visited Battersea Heliport and local residents on 25 July.  Its report, London in a spin, was published on 16 October 2006. 

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Further information about helicopter activities in the London Control Zone and over central London can be found on the Civil Aviation website          http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/7/Dap%20facts7.pdf  

If you would like to complain about aircraft noise then please contact:

Aviation Related Environmental Complaints
CAA Directorate of Airspace Policy
Tel: 020 7453 6525
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