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London Assembly Environment Committee

January 16, 2019

The London Assembly Environment Committee is a cross-party group of politicians elected by Londoners, representing their interests to the Mayor and other critical stakeholders. The committee has recently heard from residents and community groups about aircraft noise across widespread areas of London, particularly in south-east, north-east and south-west London. We have investigated the issues raised and taken evidence from London airports. What we have learnt is deeply worrying. Disturbance to daily activities, including working, learning and relaxation, and to sleep, can have severe effects on people’s health and wellbeing. Aircraft noise remains a serious issue and will inevitably be a greater problem if airports increase their traffic. We have identified the following key actions that London and its airports need to undertake to reduce the far too high levels of disturbance to daily lives:

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