Wanborough Parish Council
Committees:
Planning and Finance - Jane Flew, Andrew Bennett, Colin Hayes, Jon Beresford
Footpaths, Village Maintenance and Allotments - Amanda Bell, Martin Savage, Joe Smith (owner of Redlands)
Hooper�s Field and Recreation - Colin Hayes, Martin Savage
Transport - Martin Savage
Wanborough Village Hall - Colin Hayes, Martin Savage
Dates of Parish Council Meetings
September 2004
October
November
December
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Aviation information web-sites
Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) - http://www.aef.org.uk/
Aviation Environment Federation
Sir John Lyon House
5 High Timber Street
London
EC4V 3NS
Tel: 020 7248 2223
Fax: 020 7329 8159
Email: info@aef.org.uk
URL: http://www.aef.org.uk
Web-site contains useful information such as planning, enforcements and details of documents such as
Planning Policy Guidance
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Assessment - Guidance prepared under the 1988 Regulations
The NEW Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations - Note on 1999 Regulations
Environmental Impact Assessment: A Guide to Procedures Guidance on the 1999 Regulations
Circular 02/99: Environmental Impact Assessment
Aviation Environmental Federation (AEF)
The AEF is a UK based not-for-profit Non-Governmental Organisation that works exclusively on the environmental impacts of aviation. The AEF promotes a sustainable future for aviation which fully recognizes, and takes account of, all its environmental and amenity effects. The group works closely with local, national and international decision-makers, having representation on UK Government and European Commission working groups and observer status to the environmental committee of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
Aviation contributes to local air pollution in many ways: aircraft account for the largest proportion of emissions from internal airport sources; although this is exceeded by emissions from road transport when airport and background levels are included together. The storage and delivery of fuel can also give rise to gaseous emissions, especially hydrocarbons through evaporation and natural loss; while significant emissions can be generated from the fuel and energy used to heat, light and power terminals, operational buildings and runways.
Safety at Airports
In order to facilitate discussion on any aspect of an aerodrome's operations, the Civil Aviation Act can designate an aerodrome operator to provide facilities for consultation between users, local authorities and other interested local parties. Most designated airfields and airports satisfy this requirement by establishing a consultative committee. The Government provides guidelines on how to operate a committee. These were produced in association with the AEF and the Airport Operators Association. The AEF has since maintained its interest in consultative committees and has often conducted research into their perceived effectiveness.
If you have a query relating to the establishment or operation of a committee, or any other aspect of consultation, then please contact the AEF for advice.
Safety zones info. from AEF
In the UK risk assessment techniques are used to produce contour maps defining locations of risk, which can extend over several kilometres from runway thresholds. There are usually three zones, an initial zone closest to the runway identified by a 1 in 10,000 contour, an inner zone with a 1 in 100,000 contour and an outer zone with with a risk greater than 1 in 1,000,000. These are the chances of being killed or injured annually by an aircraft crashing. This information is used to map Public Safety Zones (PSZs)
The number of airports with Public Safety Zones has increased over the years and there are now 42 Public Safety Zones at 20 airports in Great Britain (there are Public Safety Zones at the ends of both main runways at Heathrow). All the Zones have the same shape. This is a funnel shape, 300 metres wide at the end of the runway, and broadening out from the runway end. In general airports with less than 45,000 air traffic movements (as defined for the purpose) have Public Safety Zones 1,000 metres long; London City Airport, which handles short take-off and landing aircraft, has 600 metre Public Safety Zones. The funnel shape was originally chosen because in accordance with international standards there were already restrictions on the height of buildings within the funnels in order to safeguard approaching aircraft.
The Civil Aviation Authority administers Public Safety Zone policy on behalf of the Department. Where Public Safety Zones are established, local planning authorities are required to consult the Civil Aviation Authority about planning applications relating to land within those Zones. The Civil Aviation Authority considers the application against the policy published in a Department of the Environment/ Welsh Office Circular and a Scottish Office Circular[1] that there should be no significant increase in the number of people living, working or congregating within Public Safety Zones.
The shape of Public Safety Zones has not changed since they were first introduced. Government announced to Parliament on 21 July 1994 that it proposed to review Public Safety Zone policy and administration, and in the summer of 1995 the then Department of Transport appointed consultants to advise it on:
(i) whether there was sufficient evidence of reliable quality to make risk contour modelling feasible and, if so, to produce risk contours for a sample of UK airports; and (ii) what levels of third party risk near airports were acceptable, tolerable or intolerable.
Certain civil aerodromes, selected on the basis of their importance to the UK transport system, are officially safeguarded, in order to ensure that their operation and development are not inhibited by buildings etc, that infringe protected surface, obscure runway approach lights, impair navigation aids etc, or have the potential to increase the number of birds or the bird hazard risk. Sources: Environmental Policies at Europe's Airports, SCAN-UK, ODPM Circular 1/2003. DfT Consultation on Public Safety Zones
1.Safety in and Around Airports - European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), 1999
2.Third Party Risk - SCAN-UK
3.RTAS, Ships and Aircraft Risk Assessment Annex A: Transport related incidents - Airport related aircraft crashes. Draft Interim Report 23/06/97 By ENTEC, Fire Research and Development Group, Home Office
4.Aviation Safety - Department for Transport The Government's Response to the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee's Report
5.Department for Transport Circular 1/2002: Control of Development in Airport Public Safety Zones
6.Department for Transport Public Safety Zones: A Consultation Document
7.Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: ODPM Circular 1/2003: Safeguarding Aerodromes January 2003
8.A causal model for the assessment of third party risk around airports, Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory NLR
Extracted from: A Guide to Airfield Consultative Committees
Section 35 of the Civil Aviation Act of 1982 provides for consultation to take place between local authorities, aerodrome users, and the local community on matters concerning the management of an aerodrome which affect their interests. The definition of "interests" is very broad but certainly includes the impact which an airfield has on the environment.
Persistent aircraft noise can reduce the quality of life.
One of the ways in which the Government has responded to pressure for dealing with the problem of aircraft noise was by including in the Civil Aviation Act of 1968 a section providing for consultation to take place between aerodrome interests and local communities, in the hope that discussion between the parties involved would help to de-fuse any potential conflict.
Section 8 of the Civil Aviation Act 1968 set out a legal requirement on the managements of named aerodromes to provide consultation facilities. This legislation is now contained in S.35 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 which revised and consolidated the 1968 Act.This is what Section 35 says:
"(1) This section applies to any aerodrome which is designated for the purposes of this section by an Order made by the Secretary of State.
(2) The person having the management of any aerodrome to which this section applies shall provide -
(a) for users of the aerodrome,
(b) for any local authority (or, if the person having the management of the aerodrome is a local authority, for any other local authority) in whose area the aerodrome or any part thereof is situated or whose area is in the neighbourhood of the aerodrome, and (c) for any other organizations representing the interests of persons concerned with the locality in which the aerodrome is situated, adequate facilities for consultation with respect to any matter concerning the management or administration of the aerodrome which affects their interests."
The Department of Transport tends to dissociate itself from local airport (especially general aviation aerodrome) matters, referring relationship problems back for local resolution. The general public therefore looks to this legislation to play an important role in the regulation of the environmental impacts of aviation - it is a gentler option than operational control but is still expected to be effective. Unlike other industries, aviation is often not constrained by planning, environmental or aviation law in the interests of those adversely affected by its use.
Local authorities often carry most of the costs of administering the committee although sometimes these are shared between the LA and the aerodrome management. However, responsibility for providing the "facilities" clearly lies with the airport management.
* Representation by County Councils does not necessarily exclude representation by District Councils. Their duties do not overlap precisely.
hat Consultative Committees can do
The section says that there is a statutory duty on the management to consult with the interest groups named �with respect to any matter concerning the management or administration of the aerodrome which affects their interests.�
AEF suggestions
Development plans of any kind which might have an impact on the local community.
The establishment of an adequate complaints procedure.
Any published Aerodrome Rules and Regulations should be available to all members and any revisions which might have an effect on members should be discussed with the committee. Aircraft movement statistics with breakdowns by aircraft type and/or type of operations - many Consultative Committees receive this information and it is helpful. However aerodrome managements do have a right to withhold such statistics from public scrutiny unless the aerodrome is one which makes mandatory reports to the CAA.
Where noise disturbance is a problem, appropriate and effective operational controls should be explored: like
routeing of circuits to avoid overflying of residential areas
limitations on noisy aircraft types; on aerobatics, airshows and special events
"relief� periods, especially during weekends.
Use of "Pooleys Flight Guide" to publicize routeing arrangements or any other agreed noise abatement procedures.
Committees should always be informed of any event which may have an effect on their deliberations and should always be given time to hold a meeting to discuss the matter.
The aerodrome management has a statutory duty to consult and have raised any matter which may affect the interest of those parties. So if the management contravenes the legal requirements (which would include the duty to raise any matter of interest to any party) it may be worth considering resort to the courts, although you must bear in mind that the costs incurred could be high.
AEF Documents available:
A Guide to Airfield Consultative Committees
AEF Proposal for Aerodrome Consultative Committee Terms of Reference & Constitution
DOT Guide to Consultative Committees
List of UK Aerodromes Designated by Government to Provide Facilities for Consultation
Aircraft Pollution Information & Links http://www.btinternet.com/~wendy_peter/aircraftpollution/index.htm
Aircraft pollution is detrimental to health . It affects the individual in many ways from increased incidents of hay fever in Spring and Autumn to higher rates of respiratory conditions including lung cancer as well as heart disease . Those that work in the Airports are even more susceptible to medical conditions caused by Aircraft emissions .
The health risks increase as Airports increase their capacity .
http://www.aef.org.uk/GreenSkies/index.htm
GreenSkies
c/o AEF
Sir John Lyon House
5 High Timber Street
London EC4V 3NS
email: info@greenskies.org
http://www.nsca.org.uk/
AirportWatch http://www.us-caw.org/studies.htm
AirportWatch is the campaign to oppose unnecessary, unsustainable and irresponsible airport expansion across the UK. Aircraft pollution has a detrimental effect on health . It affects the individual in a number of ways from increased incidents of hay fever as the Spring and Autumn is lengthened because of the global warming to higher rates of respiratory conditions including lung cancer as well as heart disease . Those working at Airports are more susceptible to medical conditions caused by Aircraft emissions .
The health risks increase as Airports increase their capacity .
AirportWatch
c/o Aviation Environment Federation
Sir John Lyon House
5 High Timber Street
London EC4V 3NS
T: 020 7248 2227
email: info@airportwatch.org.uk
Campaign to Protect Rural England - AVIATION: THINGS COULD ONLY GET LOUDER! CPRE - Aviation campaign: The Looming Threat to Our Countryside
http://www.cpre.org.uk/campaigns/aviation/
The European Commission - Air transport and the environment: striving for sustainability
http://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/themes/air/english/air_transport_environment.htm
Airfields Environment Trust's "Aviation and the Environment Databank" website.
Freedom to Fly?
Air Quality http://www.airquality.co.uk/
Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk/
Guides - How to Complain http://www.foe.co.uk/pubsinfo/pubscat/guides.html
French National Association against Aircraft noise and pollution Web site concerning the effects of Aircraft emissions and pollution in Europe http://ufcna.com/sommaireanglais.html
Citizens for noise abatement of Aircraft noise , Inc. :Washington DC noise abatement society
No noise : A pressure group opposed to noise There are links to information resources including Aircraft noise http://www.nonoise.org/index.htm
The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse is a national non-profit organization with extensive online noise related resources.
Raise awareness about noise pollution
Create, collect, and distribute information and resources regarding noise pollution
Strengthen laws and governmental efforts to control noise pollution
Establish networks among environmental, professional, medical, governmental, and activist groups working on noise pollution issues
Assist activists working against noise pollution
The mission of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse is to create more civil cities and more natural rural and wilderness areas by reducing noise pollution at the source.
World Health Organization : The WHO report on the effects of noise http://www.who.int/environmental_information/Noise/Comnoise3.htm
AirportWatch
This Group aims to control and reduce the local, national and global environmental impacts that the air transport industry is implicated in. The Group has policy recommendations as components of a sustainable air transport policy for the next 30 years:
Climate change - greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft are uniquely damaging and are likely to increase substantially over the next 50 years. By 2050 emissions from aircraft will contribute to between 4 - 15% of predicted manmade climate change. Technological and operational improvements will not be sufficient to offset the effects of increasing emissions. The Government must aim to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions from all UK origin flights at levels forecast for the year 2005. An urgent study is therefore needed to establish this prognosis and follow-on national and international policies. We do not believe that emissions trading schemes as currently envisaged will be effective. We need to see clear evidence of greenhouse gas reductions by this sector.
International aircraft noise and emissions standards - the body that sets and controls the environmental performance standards for aircraft noise and emissions, is the UN International Civil Aviation Organization. The Group recommends that the UK government increases the role of Environment Ministry and Environment Protection Agencies within ICAO's standard-setting bodies.
Local and regional airport-linked impacts - noise and air quality environmental impacts will deteriorate as flight and passenger numbers increase. At present local impacts get a completely "free ride". Local authorities and environment protection agencies need statutory responsibility for aircraft noise and air pollution enforcement standards in line with the World Health Organization Charter on Transport, Environment and Health guidelines and policy recommendations. An independent pollution control agency is also recommended.
Airport access - Cars are used by customers and staff to reach airports. Investment in rail, bus, coach, light rail, minibus and taxi use is recommended.
Switch short haul air to rail -
Patterns of consumption - recommending sustainable alternatives to travel
Subsidies in the air transport sector - removal of subsidies to the air transport sector.
Planning policy - They suggest that land-use planning policies need to facilitate and ensure the physical separation of affected populations and airport development to reduce the inevitable noise, air pollution, health and third party safety problems. They urge the Government to set up an appropriately funded scheme for the fully-compensated removal and demolition of what we know to be large numbers of affected properties around the UK's major airports.
Registry of the European Court of Human Rights
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Contacts: Roderick Liddell (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 24 92)
Emma Hellyer (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15)
St�phanie Klein (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54)
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The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. On 1 November 1998 a full-time Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Commission and Court.
Parliamentary WHO'S WHO
Rt Hon Margaret BECKETT, MP Secretary of State, Dept for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR
Tom BRAKE, MP Liberal Democrats transport spokesman and member of Transport Select Committee
Rt Hon Gordon BROWN, MP Chancellor of the Exchequer HM Treasury, 1 Horseguards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ
Tim COLLINS, MP Shadow Transport Secretary. House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Rt Hon Alistair DARLING, MP Secretary of State for Transport Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR
Hon Gwyneth DUNWOODY, MP Chairman, Transport Select Committee House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Hon Patricia HEWITT, MP Secretary of State, Dept of Trade & Industry 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
Dr Kim HOWELLS, MP Minister of State for Transport Eland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU
Tony McNULTY, MP Under-secretary, Dept for Transport, responsible for Aviation Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR
Rt Hon John PRESCOTT Deputy Prime Minister Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 26 Whitehall, London SW1A 2WH
Stephen TIMMS, MP Minister for Energy 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
Planning
The UK planning system plays an important role in controlling the environmental effects of airport and airfield operations, as well as setting general policies relating to new development or expansion.
The AEF can advise its members on: planning legislation and regulations; development plans; public inquiries; permitted development rights; environmental assessment; planning agreements; and conditions.
In addition, our library also contains a large number of previous Government planning decisions relevant to aviation, and copies of airport environmental statements.
Planning Green Paper
http://www.planning.odpm.gov.uk/
The government has recently been consulting on changes to the planning system. For more information please visit the ODPM website.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Planning (formerly DTLR)Noise can cause adverse health effects....
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