Aircraft noise

Heathrow Diary 2008

Tuesday 20 May 2008. Judicial Review on night flights due in High Court

A Judicial Review is due to start on Tuesday 20 May 2008, at the High Court in the Strand. Richmond and other 2M authorities are bringing a case to challenge the Government’s position on night flights. The issues include the misclassification of some aircraft which then permits them to fly at night when we believe that they should be banned.

Our first Judicial Review on night flights was in 1993. We were then involved with helping to get the ‘Hatton’ case to the European Court of Human Rights. It has been a long haul but the night flights issue remains as pressing as ever.

Saturday 31 May 2008. Something for Everyone. Come to the rally and ‘Say NO to Heathrow expansion’

The ‘Say NO’ rally on Saturday 31 May 2008 will start at Hatton Cross at 12 noon. The 2M authorities and other groups invite you to join up to ‘Say NO to Heathrow expansion’. When the procession reaches Sipson, the plan is for everyone join up to form a giant ‘NO’ and get into the Guiness Book of Records.

Residents are encouraged to join the rally, by making their own way to Hatton Cross by public transport. Transport options are given on the "Make a NOise" flyer(pdf, 240KB) including details of coaches running from Richmond Green and Kew, for those who pre-book with the Kew Society or Richmond Heathrow Campaign. Please find further details of the rally and travel arrangements from the website's of either the Richmond Heathrow Society (external link) or HACAN (external link).

July 2008 onwards. Government decision due on Heathrow expansion

A Government consultation was launched in November 2007 on the expansion of Heathrow. Their proposals were published in a consultation document - 'Adding capacity at Heathrow Airport'. The deadline for comments was 27th February 2008. We are now expecting that the Government may make its decision around July 2008.

Richmond Council responded to the Government consultation, following its own consultation of residents by means of public meetings and a survey, both web based and in printed form. The resounding response from residents was support for the Council in its opposition to expansion. Please see our main response to the Department for Transport consultation(pdf, 143KB). An appendix containing all of the Public responses is available upon request to the Special Projects Team.

You can now track flights in and out of Heathrow

You can view landings and departures from Heathrow using the BAA web tracking system. For security reasons flight information is delayed by 48 hours. To view flights visit www.baa.com/noise. You then need to select the following:-

1. Heathrow.
2. Track flights (link with a picture of an aircraft).
3. ‘Use our flight tracking tool, WebTrak’ (If this does not work you may need a ‘plug in’ or adjust browser settings).
4. Prefered start date, time, community and replay speed
5. The ‘Quick Start Guide’ tells you what information you obtain.