The secretary of state for transport, Grant Shapps, has in the present day introduced an intention to wind down the Unbiased Fee on Civil Aviation Noise (ICCAN) on the finish of September.
In doing so, he has requested the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to tackle a number of the capabilities of the physique by April subsequent 12 months.
“We welcome the chance to extend the scope of our work on this difficulty, together with by persevering with a lot of ICCAN’s technical, analysis and coverage advisory capabilities,” an announcement from the CAA defined.
“Components of the work is not going to switch to the Civil Aviation Authority given our wider regulatory function.
“The total scope and switch of the actions that we’ll take over duty for will probably be agreed over the approaching months.”
The Civil Aviation Authority stated it totally recognises the impression aviation noise has on native communities and different stakeholders, and that it could train these new duties with rigour and impartiality.
“As well as, we stay dedicated to creating positive the views of those that are overflown are taken into consideration in any airspace choices which may have an effect on them, alongside different components that we should think about,” the assertion added.
