Noise matters
See also the NIGHT FLIGHTS page
See our ‘Concerned About Aircraft Noise?’ Leaflet
Stansted airport noise action plan
Every five years, airport operators are required by the EU Directive 2002/49/EC, known as the Environmental Noise Directive (‘END’), to produce a Noise Action Plan (‘NAP’) setting out the measures being taken to achieve the END objective to “avoid, prevent or reduce on a prioritised basis the harmful effects, including annoyance, due to exposure to environmental noise.” The Government guidance for the production of Noise Action Plans can be found here.
The latest plan covers the period from 2024 to 2028. Before finalising this NAP, a draft NAP was published for public consultation and can be found can be found here
Following this consultation MAG has to submit its NAP for approval to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (‘Defra’) and the Department for Transport (‘DfT’) and will be published in 2024.
Click here for SAW’s response to the Stansted Airport Draft Noise Action Plan 2024-2028 (August 2023)
Click here for SSE’s response to the Stansted Airport Draft Noise Action Plan 2019-2023 (October 2018)
Complain about Aircraft Noise by Email
OR Complain about Aircraft Noise by Phone on 0800 243 788
How the Stansted Airport Noise Complaints System Works
SSE Submission to Airports Commission – Aviation Noise (September 2013)
SSE Response to Future Airspace Strategy Consultation (February 2011)
STACC Response to Future Airspace Strategy Consultation (February 2011)
Stansted Airport Response to Future Airspace Strategy Consultation (February 2011)
Draft Future Airspace Strategy for the UK – 2011 to 2030 (October 2010)
SSE Response to the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006 Consultation (11 May 2009)
Whittington Way Site – SSE Noise Report for the Bishop’s Stortford Civic Federation (February 2008)
SSE Final Response to the DEFRA Consultation on the Environmental Noise Directive (May 2005)
SSE Advice to Councils on the DEFRA Consultation on the Environmental Noise Directive (May 2005