Hi Moggy

The new National Planning Policy Framwork offers some protection these days.

This from the Fact sheet on NPPF on the General Aviation Awarness Council website at http://www.gaac.org.uk

This is one of the 15 GAAC fact sheets available to help with planning issues.

“Previous planning advice on noise focused primarily upon the introduction of a noise- generating activity upon existing development. It did not address the issue of new noise sensitive development (such a housing) being proposed in close proximity to long- established noise generating sites (such as flying sites).

This omission has previously resulted in some flying sites, which were in existence long before neighbouring development was introduced, being forced to alter their operations or even close down due to new (foreseen) complaints. That has been addressed with a bullet point in paragraph 123, which states that:

“Planning policies and decisions should aim to:

• Recognise that development will often create some noise and existing businesses wanting to develop in continuance of their business should not have unreasonable restrictions put on them because of changes in nearby land uses since they were established.”

This paragraph may provide some useful ammunition for anyone with a flying site under threat of a noise sensitive development proposed nearby.”