Gatwick Airport Ltd Environmental Noise Directive Noise Action Plan 2019 – 2024 Annex Document 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ANNEX 1 – GLOSSARY OF TERMS ............................................................................................. 4 ANNEX 2 – EXTRACT FROM THE GUIDANCE FOR AIRPORT OPERATORS BY DEFRA........... 7 ANNEX 3 – STRATEGIC NOISE MAPS 2016 .............................................................................. 10 ANNEX 4 – STATISTICAL INFORMATION ................................................................................. 15 ANNEX 5 – COMPLAINT DATA .................................................................................................. 16 ANNEX 6 – SUMMARY OF LIMIT VALUES IN PLACE................................................................ 20 ANNEX 7 – GENERAL MAPS ..................................................................................................... 22 ANNEX 8 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................... 41 ANNEX 9A – FEEDBACK RECEIVED REGARDING THE PROPOSED LIST OF ACTION PLAN ACTIONS DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING GATWICK AIRPORT LTD RESPONSE ......................................................................................................................... 42 ANNEX 9B – FEEDBACK RECEIVED REGARDING THE INITIAL VERSION OF THE DRAFT NOISE ACTION PLAN DURING THE SECOND STAGE OF ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE GATWICK AIRPORT LTD RESPONSE ....................................................................................... 65 ANNEX 9C – FEEDBACK RECEIVED REGARDING THE FINAL VERSION OF THE DRAFT NOISE ACTION PLAN DURING THE THIRD STAGE OF ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE GATWICK AIRPORT LTD RESPONSE ....................................................................................... 82 ANNEX 10 – THE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS NOISE MAPPING .................................................. 90 ANNEX 11 – SUMMARY PERFORMANCE REPORT OF THE PREVIOUS NOISE ACTION PLAN .................................................................................................................................................... 92 ANNEX 12 - COMPARISON OF OLD AND NEW ACTION PLAN ACTIONS ................................ 94 ANNEX 13 – DETAILS OF THE REVISION PROCESS OF THE DRAFT NOISE ACTION PLAN AS COMMUNICATED TO THE VARIOUS NOISE GOVERNANCE GROUPS...................................105 ANNEX 14 – ADDENDUM TO THE 2019-2024 END NOISE ACTION PLAN...............................108 ANNEX 15 – ADOPTION OF THE 2019 – 2024 END NOISE ACTION PLAN ..............................110 A-1 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 14: DEFRA Strategic noise maps, Lden 2016 ...................................................................... 10 Figure 15: DEFRA Strategic noise maps, Lday 2016 ...................................................................... 11 Figure 16: DEFRA Strategic noise maps, Levening 2016.................................................................. 12 Figure 17: DEFRA Strategic noise maps, LAe q 16 2016 ................................................................... 13 Figure 18: DEFRA Strategic noise maps, Lnight 2016..................................................................... 14 Figure 19: Statistical information in support of the Noise Action Plan ......................................... 15 Figure 20: The Number of Individual Complainants and Recorded Complaint Numbers in 2017 .. 16 Figure 21: The Top 20 Locations for Complaints In 2017 ............................................................. 17 Figure 22: The Analysis of the Distribution of Complaints against Aircraft Types Compared to Total Movements 2017................................................................................................................. 18 Figure 23: The Analysis of Complaints against Aircraft Type by Comparative Size 2017 ............. 19 Figure 24: Gatwick Summer 2015 and Winter 2016/17 LAeq 6.5 hr night contours and supporting population/household count........................................................................................................ 20 Figure 25: Historic and current Night Quota and air traffic movement limits for the summer and winter .......................................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 26: The DfT’s new night flight regime limits ...................................................................... 21 Figure 27: 24 Hour Period Of Easterly Operations (Runway 08R) Illustrating Arriving Aircraft (Red Tracks) and Departing Aircraft (Green Tracks) Only .................................................................... 22 Figure 28: 24 Hour Period Of Easterly Operations (Runway 08R) Showing Departures Only – Map 1 of 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 23 Figure 29: 24 Hour Period Of Easterly Operations (Runway 08R) Showing Departures Only – Map 2 of 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 30: 24 Hour Period Of Easterly Operations (Runway 08R) Showing Arrivals Only - Map 1 of 2 .................................................................................................................................................. 25 Figure 31: 24 Hour Period Of Easterly Operations (Runway 08R) Showing Arrivals Only - Map 2 of 2 .................................................................................................................................................. 26 Figure 32: 24 Hour Period Of Westerly Operations (Runway 26L) Illustrating Arriving Aircraft (Red Tracks) and Departing Aircraft (Green Tracks) Only .................................................................... 27 Figure 33: 24 Hour Period Of Westerly Operations (Runway 26L) Showing Departures Only – Map 1 of 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 28 Figure 34: 24 Hour Period Of Westerly Operations (Runway 26L) Showing Departures Only – Map 2 of 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 35: 24 Hour Period Of Westerly Operations (Runway 26L) Showing Arrivals Only – Map 1 of 2 .............................................................................................................................................. 30 Figure 36: 24 Hour Period Of Westerly Operations (Runway 26L) Showing Arrivals Only – Map 2 of 2 .............................................................................................................................................. 31 A-2 Figure 37: Map Illustrating the Location of the Noise Preferential Routes, the associated Standard Instrument Departure route and the vectoring altitude at London Gatwick .................................. 32 Figure 38: Map Illustrating the Postcode Location of Aircraft Noise Complaints Received for the Period 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 - Map 1 of 4 ............................................................ 33 Figure 39: Map Illustrating the Postcode Location of Aircraft Noise Complaints Received for the Period 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 - Map 2 of 4 ............................................................ 34 Figure 40: Map Illustrating the Postcode Location of Aircraft Noise Complaints Received for the Period 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 - Map 3 of 4 ............................................................ 35 Figure 41: Map Illustrating the Postcode Location of Aircraft Noise Complaints Received for the 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 - Map 4 of 4 .......................................................................... 36 Figure 42: Map Illustrating the Boundary of the Gatwick Airport Noise Insulation Scheme .......... 37 Figure 43: Gatwick Airport Ltd Home Owner Support Scheme Boundary .................................... 38 Figure 44: Gatwick Airport Ltd Property Market Support Bond Scheme Boundary ...................... 39 Figure 45: Gatwick Summer 2015/Winter 2015-16 LAeq 6.5hr Night 55dBa Contour..................... 40 Figure 46: Estimated current financial cost to Gatwick Airport Ltd of noise management ........... 41 Figure 47: Estimated Total Number of People and Dwellings above Various Noise Levels, L den... 90 Figure 48: Estimated Total Number of People and Dwellings above Various Noise Levels, L day... 90 Figure 49: Estimated Total Number of People and Dwellings above Various Noise Levels, L evening .................................................................................................................................................... 90 Figure 50: Estimated Total Number of People and Dwellings above Noise Levels, L Aeq, 16h .......... 91 Figure 51: Estimated Total Number of People and Dwellings above Various Noise Levels, L night . 91 Figure 52: Comparison of old and new Action Plan Actions ........................................................ 94 A-3 ANNEX 1 – GLOSSARY OF TERMS AAL Above Aerodrome Level AMSL Above Mean Sea Level ACARE Advisory Council for Aeronautical Research in Europe ACOP Arrivals Code of Practice ACP Airspace Change Proposal AEF Aviation Environment Federation AIP Aeronautical Information Publication ANASE Attitudes to Noise from Aviation Sources in England