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Noise limits on planes to be accepted by Gatwick

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April 28, 2025
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Noise limits on planes to be accepted by Gatwick

Gatwick Airport says it will accept upcoming stricter limits on aircraft noise. The airport has put forward “improved” plans as a response to the government’s approval for a second runway.

Last month, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said that she would be “minded” to allow the airport to bring a second runway into service. Gatwick has responded to a letter from the Secretary of State, offering an “improved noise scheme for local residents.”

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It also said that it will accept requirements to have 54% of passenger using public transport before the Northern Runway begins its operation. But it says that it needs support for that. Third parties, including the Department for Transport, will be needed, the airport says, to support delivery of the conditions and improvements that would allow it to meet the target.

This would include the full Gatwick Express train service being reinstated, it said. If the 54% is not met, an alternative cars-on-the-road limit, Gatwick said, should be met instead.

The second runway would be delayed if £350 million in road improvements have been completed, in the event that neither the public transport nor the cars-on-the-road limit are met.

“This project represents a £2.2bn investment, fully funded by our shareholders and it is essential that any planning conditions enable us to make full use of the Northern Runway,” Stewart Wingate, CEO of London Gatwick said. “We are confident that our amended proposals will allow us to grow sustainably and meet passenger demand, while addressing the matters raised by the Secretary of State in her letter, including noise and environmental impacts.”

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