{"id":1409,"date":"2014-03-19T23:31:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T23:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsite.hacan.org.uk\/?page_id=1409"},"modified":"2019-05-13T18:34:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:34:55","slug":"latest-news-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?page_id=1409","title":{"rendered":"Latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79074\">HACAN response to CCA consultation CAP3157 on amendments to the airspace change process<\/a><\/h3>  December 18, 2025<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n161225-Response-to-CAA-consultation-on-CAP3157Download\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79074\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79047\">Say No to Airport Expansion<\/a><\/h3>  April 10, 2025<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPlease sign the petition for the government to stop expanding airports: https:\/\/petition.parliament.uk\/petitions\/714927\n\n\nMore than 20 airports across the UK have plans to expand. There is no room left in the carbon budget for more flights, when neither government nor industry has a credible plan to reduce emissions from aviation.\n\n\nWe can&#8217;t rely on so-called &#8216;sustainable&#8217; fuels and future technology. We need to ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79047\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79039\">HACAN media appearances responding to Government endorsement of Heathrow 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  January 30, 2025<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/btPgTy5b038?si=eLkGJJerrhg11cSw\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x9Ix_vPMbMs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBBC London Radio (22nd January 2025)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBBC 5 Live (23rd January 2025)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLBC with Tom Swarbrick (23rd January 2025)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvening Standard Podcast (24th January 2025)\n\n\n\n\nBBC Radio Berkshire (29th January 2025)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBBC Radio 5 Live (29th January 2025) &#8211; Deborah Petty from Elmbridge\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBBC Radio London (29th January 2025)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLBC News (29th January 2025)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79039\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79016\">HACAN member talking about experience of night flights<\/a><\/h3>  January 15, 2025<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHACAN member Bridget Bell appeared on the Storm Huntley show on Channel 5 on 10th Janaury 2025 to discuss her experience of living with aircraft noise at night. #NoNightFlight\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79016\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79012\">Heathrow Noise Action Plan 2024-28<\/a><\/h3>  November 14, 2024<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHeathrow have finally published their latest Noise Action Plan which sets out their plans for managing and reducing noise over the next five years &#8211; apart from reducing the number of aircraft flying over communities!\n\n\nThe full report is below and you can find the Annexes on their website HERE which includes responses to their 2023 consultation, the outcomes from the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79012\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79005\">HACAN response to DfT Night Flights consultation (2024)<\/a><\/h3>  May 14, 2024<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n070524 HACAN response to DfT Night Flights ConsultationDownload\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79005\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79000\">CAA rule that Heathrow not met key criteria of Airspace Change<\/a><\/h3>  October 31, 2023<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe CAA has this week (30th October) ruled  that Heathrow&#8217;s airspace change proposals cannot progress to the next stage (of the CAP1616 process) because they took a different approach to the one they&#8217;d engaged on and stakeholders were not given an opportunity to provide feedback!\n\n\nHeathrow will be able to resubmit their proposals for approval to the next stage once ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=79000\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78995\">Letter to the Prime Minister &#8211; Net Zero<\/a><\/h3>  October 23, 2023<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n220923-Letter-to-the-Prime-Minster-Download\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78995\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78982\">HACAN media appearances speaking about Night Flights (April 2023)<\/a><\/h3>  June 22, 2023<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n120423-bbc-radio-surrey-pb_C4wF2yh7\n\n\n120423-bbc-radio-berkhire-pb_3rtytpAD-1Download\n\n\nFollowing the DfT launch of their consultation on a new night noise objective HACAN appeared on BBC Radio Surrey and BBC Radio Berkshire on 12th April 2023 to share our views on the impact of night flights. \n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78982\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78984\">Heathrow Noise Action Plan<\/a><\/h3>  June 22, 2023<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHeathrow have published their new Noise Action Plan for consultation. You can find out more details here.\n\n\nConsequently, we&#8217;ve produced a response to help you raise your concerns about Heathrow&#8217;s plans. \n\n\n220623-Heathrow-NAP-response-guideDownload\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78984\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78918\">CAA accepts Iteration 2 of the Airspace Change Masterplan<\/a><\/h3>  January 27, 2022<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published its decision to accept the latest iteration of the airspace change masterplan, developed by the Airspace Change Organising Group (ACOG), into its Airspace Modernisation Strategy (AMS). This is a significant milestone towards modernising the UKs airspace to deliver quicker, quieter, and cleaner journeys.\n\n\nThe purpose of the airspace change masterplan is to ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78918\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78848\">MPs and Peers lament abolition of ICCAN<\/a><\/h3>  October 20, 2021<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nFollowing the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport that ICCAN was to be abolished, a cross-party group of 13 MPs and Peers have written to Grant Shapps setting out the continued need for a strong independent voice to reflect community concerns about aviation noise.\n\n\nYou can read the letter in full here below.\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78848\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78839\">A successful AGM<\/a><\/h3>  October 4, 2021<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nIt was pleasure to welcome over 50 members to our in-person AGM this past Thursday.\n\n\nWe were delighted to be joined by Sarah Olney MP who provided an excellent speech highlighting her thoughts on the next steps in the campaign against Heathrow expansion, her recent Parliamentary activities on aviation and her commitment to ensuring that the Government take meaningful action on ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78839\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78815\">Sarah Olney MP to address HACAN AGM<\/a><\/h3>  August 31, 2021<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWe are delighted to announce that Sarah Onley MP (Lib Dem, Richmond Park) will be the keynote speaker for our AGM.\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78815\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78686\">Campaigners say UK airport expansion plans must be suspended amid new climate goals<\/a><\/h3>  May 10, 2021<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHACAN has joined 15 national and community campaign groups calling on the Government to place a moratorium on airport expansion.\n\n\nTogether we have written to the Transport Secretary and the Communities, Housing and Local Government Secretary. You can see the letter in full here.\n\n\nThe letter has been picked up by the Guardian and HACAN have issued a press release here. \n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=78686\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=57495\">Covid Impact on Heathrow<\/a><\/h3>  October 22, 2020<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPost-Covid Heathrow is in a very different place. It held its Community Noise Forum online yesterday.  A useful report was given by the airport on the current state of play.&nbsp; Below are the main points:\n\n\n\n\n\nHeathrow passenger numbers are down 82% on where they were last year.\nHeathrow is losing \u00a35m a day (that is the amount its costs exceed the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=57495\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=6060\">\ufeffNoise levels fall dramatically during lockdown<\/a><\/h3>  May 21, 2020<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\n21\/05\/20\n\n\nToday&#8217;s Times carries a remarkably good article on noise:\n\n\nOne of the great compensations of lockdown is hearing less noise, at least of the external, ungovernable kind.&nbsp; Everywhere people are marvelling at hearing the complexity of birdsong, the peacefulness of streets with so little traffic, the pleasure of walking in parks without aircraft rumbling overhead.\n\n\nThis is a remarkable, temporary liberation from ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=6060\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=6040\">Court grants Heathrow leave to appeal on third runway\ufeff<\/a><\/h3>  May 7, 2020<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPRESS RELEASE\n\n\n7\/05\/20 for immediate use\n\n\n\n\nCampaign group HACAN, which gives a voice to residents under the Heathrow flight paths, has said that today\u2019s judgement (1), to grant Heathrow leave to appeal does not mean a third runway is back on track. \n\n\nHeathrow was granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in its bid to\noverturn the verdict of the Court of ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=6040\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=6063\">Court rules Government policy on 3rd Runway illegal<\/a><\/h3>  February 28, 2020<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\n28\/2\/20\n\n\nThe Court of Appeal&nbsp; ruled that the Government\u2019s policy on a third runway at Heathrow was illegal. It found that the Department for Transport should have taken the climate change implications of the Paris Agreement into account when drawing up the National Policy Statement which outlined its plans for a third runway. The court invited the Government to review the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=6063\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5971\">Court rules Government policy on 3rd Runway illegal<\/a><\/h3>  February 28, 2020<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n28\/2\/20\n\n\nThe Court of Appeal&nbsp; ruled that the Government\u2019s policy on a third runway at Heathrow was illegal. It found that the Department for Transport should have taken the climate change implications of the Paris Agreement into account when drawing up the National Policy Statement which outlined its plans for a third runway. The court invited the Government to review the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5971\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5893\">General Election: the constituencies impacted by proposed London City Expansion<\/a><\/h3>  November 10, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nAt least 25 constituencies will be affected.  We detail how:\n\n\nBarking:  http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-expansion-will-affect-the-London-Borough-of-Barking-and-Dagenham.pdf\n\n\nBermondsey and Old Southwark: http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-expansion-will-affect-the-London-Borough-of-Southwark.pdf \n\n\nBethnal Green &amp; Bow: http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-expansion-will-impact-the-London-Borough-of-Tower-Hamlets.pdf\n\n\nCamberwell &amp; Peckham:  http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-expansion-will-affect-the-London-Borough-of-Southwark.pdf  \n\n\nChingford &amp; Woodford Green: http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-expansion-will-affect-the-London-Borough-of-Redbridge.pdf  \n\n\nand http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-airport-expansion-will-affect-the-London-borough-of-Waltham-Forest.pdf \n\n\nDagenham &amp; Rainham: http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-Expansion-will-affect-the-London-Borough-of-Havering.pdf\n\n\nand  http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-expansion-will-affect-the-London-Borough-of-Barking-and-Dagenham.pdf \n\n\nDulwich &amp; West Norwood:  http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-expansion-will-affect-the-London-Borough-of-Lambeth.pdf\n\n\nand  http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-expansion-will-affect-the-London-Borough-of-Southwark.pdf   \n\n\nEast Ham: http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-Airport-expansion-will-impact-on-Newham.pdf\n\n\nEltham: http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-expansion-will-impact-on-the-London-Borough-of-Greenwich.pdf\n\n\nErith and Thamesmead:  http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-London-City-expansion-will-impact-on-the-London-Borough-of-Greenwich.pdf \n\n\nand ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5893\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5853\">Record number of local councils oppose London City expansion proposals<\/a><\/h3>  October 20, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\n&nbsp;19\/10\/19\n\n\nThe London City consultation closed yesterday. A record number of local authorities have objected to the expansion proposals in London City\u2019s Master Plan.&nbsp;Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hackney, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering and Lewisham have objected.&nbsp; Never before has London City faced this level of opposition. The London Assembly&nbsp;has also objected.&nbsp; We have not yet seen the responses from the Mayor of ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5853\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5869\">Legal Challenge appeal started on October 17 October<\/a><\/h3>  October 17, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n17\/10\/19\n\n\nThe local authorities and campaign groups whose legal challenge to the third runway failed in the courts in March have been given leave to appeal against that judgement.&nbsp; The appeal hearing started on 17th October and could last for up to 6 days.\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5869\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5851\">Committee on Climate Change: UK growth needs to almost halve<\/a><\/h3>  September 9, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\n24\/9\/19\n\n\nThe Committee on Climate Change(CCC), the Government\u2019s official advisers, has said in a report out today that growth at UK airports needs to be almost half the predicted levels if aviation is to meet the government\u2019s target of aviation being net-zero carbon by 2050.\n\n\nThe CCC, chaired by former Conservation minister Lord Deben, said, \u201cIn the absence of a true zero-carbon ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5851\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5802\">London City\u2019s new planes much less quiet than claimed<\/a><\/h3>  August 26, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nEvidence has emerged that the new quieter planes which London City is relying on to manage future noise levels if its controversial expansion plans go through are much less quiet in reality than it has forecast.\n\n\nThe evidence is in a study which London City commissioned but which it has not yet published:https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A15b51eb7-0f32-4d3c-9317-c01ea1fae5c1.\n\n\nHere is the link to the press release our ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5802\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5799\">Residents dismayed by London City plans to double flights<\/a><\/h3>  June 28, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nResidents are dismayed by the London City expansion revealed in its Master Plan published today.&nbsp; The airport wants to lift the current cap of 111,000 flights allowed each year to 137,000 by 2030 and to 151,000 by 2035. Last year there were just over 75,000 flights.\n\n\n&nbsp;The airport also wants to get rid of the ban on flights between 12.30pm Saturday ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5799\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5692\">Details of Aviation Green Paper Consultation, now closed &#8211; includes HACAN response<\/a><\/h3>  June 27, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe Government published its Green Paper with proposals for its new aviation strategy at the end of last year which it will finalise and release in the second half of 2019.\u00a0 The consultation ended on 20th June 2019.\n\n\nRead HACAN&#8217;s response:&nbsp; HACAN\nConsultation Response \n\n\nRead the response of HACAN East: Aviation\nGreen Paper HACAN East response\n\n\nFor more details of the consultation, plus HACAN&#8217;s ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5692\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5488\">Committee on Climate Change new report launched<\/a><\/h3>  May 2, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\n2nd May 2019\n\n\nThe Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the Government\u2019s official advisers, published its latest report today. It is recommending that the UK becomes \u2018net-zero\u2019 on CO 2 emissions by 2050. This does not there will be no CO2 emissions but those which are emitted will need to be balanced by taking carbon out of the air or burying it:&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8221;&nbsp;The ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5488\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5866\">Campaigners lose court case<\/a><\/h3>  May 1, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\n1st May 2019\n\n\nThe High Court today announced that it ruled against the local authorities and campaign groups who had brought Judicial Reviews against the Government&#8217;s decision last year to give Heathrow permission to draw up plans for a third runway.&nbsp; The objectors have decided to&nbsp; appeal seek leave to appeal the decision.&nbsp; Read the full judgement.\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5866\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5135\">Noise Relief: major new report from HACAN<\/a><\/h3>  April 30, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nHACAN released a report challenging the aviation industry to take action to improve the noise climate for local communities.&nbsp;Noise Relief&nbsp;outlines practical measures which could be taken to&nbsp;achieve this.\n\n\nJohn Stewart, chair of HACAN and co-author of the report, said, \u201cHeathrow is drawing up plans for the biggest shake up of its flight paths since the airport opened in 1946. HACAN welcomes ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5135\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5151\">&#8216;Night Flights Revisited&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>  April 8, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nA new publication from HACAN arguing that the Green Paper is the ideal\nopportunity for the Government to re-examine the whole question of night\nflights at airports across the country:&nbsp; http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Night-Flights-Revisited.pdf\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5151\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5071\">Land Referencing Letter Explained<\/a><\/h3>  March 23, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nWe have had a lot of questions about a Land Referencing letter some of you will have received from Heathrow.&nbsp; It is a legal requirement for any promoter of a major development to send these out.&nbsp; They go to households who&nbsp;may&nbsp;\u2013 and we stress&nbsp;may&nbsp;\u2013 be impacted by the construction of a third runway.&nbsp; Most people who receive a letter will ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5071\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5068\">Aviation Green Paper out for Consultation<\/a><\/h3>  March 23, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nThe Government published its Green Paper with proposals for its new aviation strategy at the end of last year which it will finalise and release in the second half of 2019.\u00a0  The consultation will end on 20th June 2019 It is an important document.\u00a0 It sets out proposals for UK aviation policy until 2050.\n\n\nThe consultation was originally due to ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5068\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5049\">Heathrow Noise Action Plan Published<\/a><\/h3>  March 23, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nEach airport with over 50,000 movements is required by the European Union to publish a Noise Action Plan every 5 years.  Heathrow has just published it latest one covering the years 2019 &#8211; 2023. It only focuses on a two-runway Heathrow since, if a third runway gets permission, it will not be up and running until about 2025\/6.  ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5049\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4959\">Third Runway Court Challenge<\/a><\/h3>  March 23, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe legal challenge to the Government&#8217;s decision to approve the&nbsp; 3rd Runway in principle finished in the High Court on 22nd March, with a decision expected within a couple of months.&nbsp; There were five challenges: one from some local authorities plus the Mayor of London and Greenpeace; one each from Friends of the Earth and Plan B; one from Heathrow ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4959\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4966\">Independent Noise Authority set up<\/a><\/h3>  March 19, 2019<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nICCAN, an independent body to ensure fair play between Government, communities and local authorities, has been set up.\u00a0 HACAN has already had two meetings with ICCAN.\u00a0 We welcome the setting up of an independent body, having long pushed for it.\u00a0 Indeed, we produced a joint report with Heathrow calling for such a body.  You can read the report here: ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4966\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4992\">Heathrow&#8217;s first round of consultation on new flight paths approved<\/a><\/h3>  October 23, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nThe Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved Heathrow&#8217;s first round of consultation on its new flights paths (it consulted on the design principles for them).\u00a0 It leaves Heathrow free to consult on the second stage in January 2019.\u00a0 This will be on design envelopes (the broad areas where the flight paths will be).\u00a0 The consultation on the detailed flight paths ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4992\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4307\">New WHO Guidelines tougher on aircraft noise<\/a><\/h3>  October 10, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The new noise guidelines from the World Health Organisation, published 10th October 2018, are tougher on aircraft noise than previously.\u00a0 The guidelines indicate that aircraft noise can affect the health of people living well over 20 miles from Heathrow.\u00a0 They are of course just guidelines, not intended to be implemented overnight. Their main purpose is to indicate the levels at ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4307\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5037\">Aircraft Noise: a problem in Sevenoaks?<\/a><\/h3>  October 10, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nSevenoaks has an aircraft noise problem? It is 31 miles from Heathrow; 18 miles from Gatwick. Only the smaller Biggin Hill Airport is relatively close to the Kent town, 8 miles away. When HACAN received these comments we decided to investigate the situation: \u201cCouldn&#8217;t possibly happen in Sevenoaks could it? Oh, it already is!\u201d \u201cJust another lovely day under all ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5037\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4996\">Heathrow rules out all-day concentrated flying on its new flight paths<\/a><\/h3>  September 19, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHeathrow published the results of the first round of its consultation into new flight paths on 19th September.&nbsp;  It has ruled out all-day concentrated flying.   At HACAN we welcome this and take some credit for it as we have been campaigning for this for over a decade. The consultation, held earlier this year, asked people about what ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4996\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5029\">New Poll reveals mixed views on 3rd runway\ufeff<\/a><\/h3>  August 21, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nA new poll from Populus, commissioned by Heathrow and released by them on 21st September,&nbsp; reveals mixed views on the third runway.  50% of people in the 15 local authority areas closest to the airport backed a new runway, with 32% opposed.   The results are not dissimilar to the ones the polling company, Populus, has carried out ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5029\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5004\">South East London &#8211; No Respite  from aircraft noise<\/a><\/h3>  August 13, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n \n\n\nHACAN today is pleased to publish an important report by Forest Hill resident Tim Walker outlining what happens when\u00a0London City and Heathrow flights combine to create community noise hotspots in south east London\n\n\nUsing London SE23 as an example, the paper aims to make clear to policymakers, campaigners and the two airports what the problems for communities are with the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5004\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5040\">Big majority of MPs back 3rd Runway<\/a><\/h3>  June 25, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nThe Government got a majority of 296 after the debate in Parliament last night (25th June) on a third runway.&nbsp; It now officially becomes Government policy.In total 415 MPs backed it; 119 opposed.&nbsp; 119 Labour MPs backed it; 94 opposed (Labour MPs were given a free vote).&nbsp; The Conservatives imposed a 3 line whip: 8 MPs defied the whip and ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5040\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4769\">Cabinet backs 3rd Runway, with link to full National Policy Statement<\/a><\/h3>  June 5, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nThe Cabinet backed a 3rd runway at Heathrow on 5th June 2018.\u00a0 Parliament will now vote on the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) &#8211; see link in full post plus link to Government response to Transport Select Committee Report on the NPS &#8211; which contains the plans for a third runway, within 21 days.\u00a0 If it supports the new runway, ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4769\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5008\">HACAN launches major new flight paths study<\/a><\/h3>  April 3, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nToday HACAN launched a major new study which reveals the extent of the aircraft noise problem in South East London.\u00a0 Corridors of Concentration, published in conjunction with Plane Hell Action, revealed a dramatic increase in flight numbers over parts of South East London in recent years.\u00a0 It also found that flight paths have become more concentrated.\n\n\nOver a dozen areas from ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5008\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4268\">New Study: Dramatic increase in flight numbers over parts of South East London<\/a><\/h3>  April 3, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A new study (1) reveals a dramatic increase in the number of flights over many areas of South East London in recent years. \u00a0Corridors of Concentration, published today by HACAN and Plane Hell Action, also found that flight paths have become more concentrated. The study was carried out to highlight the current impact of aircraft noise on south east London ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4268\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4915\">Community Engagement Board<\/a><\/h3>  April 1, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nRachel Cerfontyne has been appointed as the first chair of the new Community Engagement Board.&nbsp;&nbsp;She spent her early years in Feltham, started life as a social worker and has over twenty years\u2019 experience in leading public sector and charitable organizations.&nbsp; Her most recent role was as Deputy Chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, where she oversaw their two largest ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4915\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5045\">Transport Select Committee backs 3rd Runway but with challenging conditions<\/a><\/h3>  March 23, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nThe Transport Select Committee Report into the National Policy Statement (NPS) on Airports (essentially, the 3rd runway at Heathrow) has been published today (23rd March).&nbsp; The report backs a third runway at Heathrow but has come up with some challenging conditions including tougher air pollution targets and a 7 hour night flight ban.&nbsp; The Government will respond to the Committee ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5045\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5012\">Respite Report Published<\/a><\/h3>  February 16, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nHeathrow published its long-awaited respite report commissioned from Anderson Acoustics on 16th February.\u00a0 It is the first of its kind to be done.\u00a0 HACAN was part of the steering group.\u00a0 And later work carried out by Heathrow showed 54% people backed respite even it it increased the number of people overflown. Only 22% would back concentrating all the flight paths ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5012\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3953\">End of Cranford Agreement Postponed<\/a><\/h3>  January 20, 2018<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Government abolished the Cranford Agreement in 2009. But it will not come into effect until a final decision is taken on a third runway.\u00a0 This was the 50 year old understanding that planes did not take off from the northern runway over Cranford, at the Hounslow end of the runway.\u00a0 It meant that, when an east wind blows, all ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3953\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5033\">The levels when people get annoyed by noise<\/a><\/h3>  December 2, 2017<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nSONA, a study the Government commissioned from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Survey of Noise Attitudes 2014, SONA found that people start to get annoyed by aircraft noise at lower levels than previously officially recognised.\u00a0 This is reflected now in Government policy which acknowledges that people can get annoyed by aircraft noise when it averages out over a 16 hour ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5033\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4240\">Heathrow&#8217;s Review of 2016 Published<\/a><\/h3>  November 30, 2017<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">On November 30th Heathrow published is review of 2016.&nbsp; It comes in the form of two reports &#8211; links in the full post below.&nbsp; The post includes key points from the reports as well as HACAN&#8217;s reaction and response to them, including a welcome of new, more meaning noise annoyance metrics but HACAN questions whether the increase in the number ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4240\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5052\">Government publishes new Airspace Policy<\/a><\/h3>  October 24, 2017<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nThere is much to be welcomed in this new policy.  It contains some measures &#8211; such as the establishment of an independent noise authority and improved noise metrics &#8211; that HACAN has been campaigning for for many, many years.  We also welcome the fact that noise rather than CO2 emissions should be given priority at heights of between ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5052\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5057\">Night Flights \u2013 No Change<\/a><\/h3>  July 13, 2017<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nTransport Secretary Chris Grayling announced on 13th July that the night flight regime at Heathrow would remain substantially unchanged for the next five years.  That will take us up to 2022 by which time is should be clear whether or not a third runway has been given the go-ahead.  If given permission for a new runway, Heathrow hope ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5057\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5063\">HACAN Report on Night Flights<\/a><\/h3>  May 15, 2017<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nHACAN has commissioned an independent report which suggested that &#8211; in the event of a third runway being built &#8211; an eight hour night flight regime could become the norm. This study, carried out by AvGen Limited on behalf of HACAN, examines the practicality, if and when a third runway is built at Heathrow, of implementing a full or partial ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5063\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3816\">Environment Select Committee: Government not doing enough to mitigate impact of 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  February 25, 2017<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The influential Environmental Audit Committee in a report (1) issued today has said that the Government is still not doing enough to mitigate the environmental impacts of the planned new runway at Heathrow.\nMary Creagh MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, said:\u00a0 \u201cIf the Government wants to get Heathrow expansion off the ground it needs to show that a third ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3816\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3771\">Ministers must be bold enough to reject 3rd runway if consultation reveals real problems<\/a><\/h3>  February 2, 2017<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Campaign group HACAN has urged ministers to be bold enough to reject a third runway if the National Policy Statement consultation, issued today, reveals real problems with the proposal.\u00a0 As expected, transport secretary Chris Grayling when launching the consultation highlighted the importance of a new runway to the post-Brexit economy but HACAN, which gives a voice to residents under the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3771\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3756\">No change proposed to night flight regime at Heathrow<\/a><\/h3>  January 12, 2017<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Government is proposing no change to the number of night flights at Heathrow.\u00a0 The consultation document, released today by the Department for Transport, argues that the current regime should continue for the next five years.\u00a0 It will then be clearer whether a third runway will be underway.\u00a0 Permission to build a third runway is expected to be conditional on ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3756\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3742\">Survey reveals Hounslow the most overflown borough in London<\/a><\/h3>  January 3, 2017<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nResearch carried out by the campaign group HACAN has revealed that Hounslow to be the most overflown borough in London.\u00a0 Richmond is in second place but the surprise is that that only three of the top 12 most boroughs are in West London with Waltham Forest being the third most overflown (1).\u00a0\nHACAN calculated the combined impact of Heathrow and London ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3742\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3734\">Joint call for Independent Noise Authority<\/a><\/h3>  December 15, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN has joined with Heathrow Airport to call for an Independent Noise Authority to be set up. \u00a0The unkilely allies have produced a joint report with suggestions of how an Authority could work in advance of a Department of Transport consultation on the subject, expected in January. \u00a0The two groups have also sent a joint letter to the Transport Secretary.\nRead ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3734\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3727\">December 2016: \u00a0Progress Report on Noise at Heathrow<\/a><\/h3>  December 12, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow Airport has made a useful start in tackling noise problems over the last few years but, of course, more needs to be done. \u00a0This short report from HACAN outlines the progress: \u00a0http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Heathrow-noise.pdf\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3727\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3716\">Heathrow Europe&#8217;s top &#8216;mega-hub&#8217; airport<\/a><\/h3>  December 8, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow is the top mega-hub airport in Europe and 15th in the world. \u00a0Nine of the top ten are in America:\u00a0http:\/\/www.oag.com\/hubfs\/Free_Reports\/Megahubs\/2016\/OAG-Megahubs-Index-2016.pdf\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3716\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3634\">Concentrated flight paths bring flood of complaints<\/a><\/h3>  August 29, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">We don&#8217;t normally post HACAN East press releases on this site but we thought this would be of interest as the new concentrated London City flight paths impact so many people who are also under the Heathrow flight paths\nPress Release\n29\/8\/16 for immediate use\n\u00a0Concentrated flight paths bring a flood of complains\nLondon City Airport\u2019s decision to concentrate all its flights paths earlier ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3634\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3629\">Heathrow Airport clear winner of Noise Olympics!<\/a><\/h3>  August 18, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHeathrow was the clear winner of the Noise Olympics staged this morning by campaign group HACAN in Ravenscourt Park in Hammersmith (1).\u00a0 The airport received its medal, in the form of golden ear-defenders, from the local MP Andy Slaughter.\u00a0 The silver went to Frankfurt and the bronze to Charles De Gaulle.\u00a0 Gatwick trailed badly to finish in last position.\nHeathrow won ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3629\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3626\">Majority in Prime Minister&#8217;s  backyard oppose 3rd runway at Heathrow<\/a><\/h3>  August 9, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a08\/8\/16 for immediate use\nMajority in Prime Minister&#8217;s backyard oppose 3rd runway at Heathrow\nCampaigners claim that Theresa May would run into trouble locally if she backed a third runway at Heathrow.\u00a0 Lobby group HACAN, which is against Heathrow expansion, has unearthed a poll which shows that less than a third of residents in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, which includes the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3626\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3623\">A decision for a 3rd Runway would erode hard-won noise benefits for Prime Minister\u2019s Constituency<\/a><\/h3>  August 5, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nCampaign group HACAN has claimed that a green light for a third runway would erode the benefits that the abolition of the Cranford Agreement would bring to Prime Minister\u2019s Maidenhead constituency.\u00a0 The Government is expected to announce its intention to get rid of it very shortly.\u00a0 If it went, the number of planes landing over much of the Windsor and ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3623\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3619\">Noise: There are solutions<\/a><\/h3>  July 31, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">&nbsp;\nA readable pamphlet from the UK Noise Association which argues that there are solutions to most noise problems, given the political will:\u00a0Noise Solutions &#8211; it&#8217;s a question of political will\u00a0(pdf)\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3619\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5021\">Post 2014 Trial Reports<\/a><\/h3>  July 23, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nTrials took place in 2014 to test new operational and technical procedures. The trials resulted in a lot of planes flying over certain areas and in a concentrated way. Following complaints from some people in the communities affected that the flight paths had not gone back to their pre-trial patterns, Heathrow paid for work to test this out.  The ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=5021\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3612\">Archive material reveals the extent of new Prime Minister\u2019s opposition to a 3rd Runway at Heathrow<\/a><\/h3>  July 16, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n15\/7\/16 for immediate use\n\u00a0Archive material reveals the extent of new Prime Minister\u2019s opposition to a 3rd Runway at Heathrow\n&nbsp;\nCampaign group HACAN has unearthed archive material which reveals that the new Prime Minister Theresa May has been a fierce opponent of a third runway at Heathrow.\u00a0 The information comes from material posted on the Prime Minister\u2019s old website (1).\nIn response ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3612\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3574\">Heathrow rules out 4th runway and gets tougher on night flights in effort to secure a 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  May 11, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow Airport signalled its determination to get a third runway by accepting most of the conditions set out in the Airports Commission\u2019s report last year.\nIt has agreed to a legally-binding agreement ruling out a fourth runway.\u00a0 It is proposing to extend the length of time planes are banned during the night by one and a half hours.\u00a0 And it has ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3574\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3563\">Shock \u00a317bn taxpayer bill for Heathrow expansion<\/a><\/h3>  April 25, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Shock \u00a317bn taxpayer\u2019s bill for Heathrow expansion revealed\nPress Release\nEmbargoed until 25th April\nShock \u00a317bn taxpayer\u2019s bill for Heathrow expansion revealed\n(Hits the front page of the Financial Times\u00a024316 billion black hole)\nAnd the FT followed up the story the next day with more detailed figures:\u00a0Follow up FT article\nUK taxpayers could be asked to fork out a staggering \u00a317 billion to cover the costs ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3563\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3558\">Back Heathrow over-claimed support for 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  April 23, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Advertising Standards Authority bans Back Heathrow Advert over its claim most local people back Heathrow expansion\n\u00a0\nThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert from Back Heathrow claiming that most local people back expansion at the airport.\u00a0 \n\nThe lobby group, which was set up to push for a third runway and which receives funding from Heathrow Airport, was criticised for ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3558\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3533\">Local Councils may sue over 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  March 15, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Four local authorities &#8211; Richmond, Wandsworth, Hillingdon and the Windsor and Maidenhead &#8211; are threatening to take the Government to court unless it drops plans for a 3rd runway at Heathrow.\nIn a letter to the Government its solicitors cite failings in the Airport Commission&#8217;s report over noise and air pollution as reasons for a legal challenge. \u00a0They also say that, ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3533\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3497\">Campaigners plaster Osborne&#8217;s constituency with no 3rd runway signs<\/a><\/h3>  February 2, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\nMonday 1st February for immediate use\nCampaigners plaster Osborne&#8217;s constituency with no 3rd runway signs\nCampaigners against Heathrow expansion today plastered George Osborne\u2019s constituency with No Third Runway signs.\u00a0 They put up the signs in the main street of Knutsford in the heart of the constituency, including one outside Conservative Party headquarters in the town.\u00a0 The campaigners wanted to get across ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3497\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3486\">HACAN Launches Major Report on Aircraft Noise and Health<\/a><\/h3>  January 12, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nA major new report published today has found that the health of over one million people in the UK is at risk from aircraft noise.\u00a0\u00a0 The report, Aircraft Noise and Public Health: The Evidence is Loud and Clear, commissioned by campaign group HACAN and produced by the Aviation Environment Federation, has called on the Government to undertake a complete review ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3486\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3480\">Campaigners \u00a0\u2018plant\u2019 2000 black paper planes outside Parliament<\/a><\/h3>  January 9, 2016<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">On January 5th, the day Parliament returns, campaigners against a third runway at Heathrow \u2018planted\u2019 2000 black paper planes in Victoria Gardens in Westminster at 10am to highlight the fact that 2016 will be a grim year for residents if a new runway is given the go-ahead.\u00a0\u00a0 The campaigners expect around 2000 flights at day will use the airport if ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3480\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3471\">Campaigners post pre-Xmas thank-you letters to PM for refusing to give green light to 3rd runway&#8230;.so far<\/a><\/h3>  December 19, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a018\/12\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0Anti-3rd Runway Campaigners post pre-Xmas thank-you letters to PM\n&nbsp;\n\nOver the past week hundreds of people campaigning against Heathrow expansion wrote pre-Christmas letters to David Cameron thanking him for keeping his promise not to build a third runway and urging him not to break it next year when a decision on runway capacity is expected to be ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3471\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3464\">Government postpones decision on new runway for at least 6 months<\/a><\/h3>  December 11, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">At 7pm on Friday 11th December the Government announced that it is delaying any final decision on new runways until at least the middle of next year.\u00a0 It wants to do further work in assessing particularly the environmental impacts of a 3rd runway at Heathrow, the Heathrow Hub proposal for an extended runway and a 2nd runway at Gatwick.\nThe full ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3464\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3459\">Economic benefits of 3rd runway &#8211; as high as is claimed?<\/a><\/h3>  December 6, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The economic benefits of a third runway are unlikely to be as high as the headline figures claim. \u00a0Read on: \u00a0HACAN Briefing, September 2015\u00a0(pdf)\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3459\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3452\">Influential committee of MPs \u2018put Government in a straightjacket\u2019 over Heathrow Third Runway<\/a><\/h3>  December 1, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n1\/12\/15 for immediate use\nInfluential committee of MPs \u2018put Government in a straightjacket\u2019 over Heathrow Third Runway\nA leading committee of MPs has \u2018put the Government in a straightjacket\u2019 over a third runway at Heathrow.\u00a0 The influential Environmental Audit Committee released a report today (1) which said that a third runway should not go ahead at Heathrow until strict environmental conditions ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3452\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3439\">Flash Mob at Heathrow Terminal 2<\/a><\/h3>  November 22, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a021\/10\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0No Third Runway Flash Mob Staged at Heathrow Terminal Two\n\nOver 50 campaigners from across London and the Home Counties staged at Heathrow Terminal Two today in protest against a third runway.\nAt 11am on the dot the campaigners, standing in front of the giant sculpture in the new terminal, revealed red t-shirts emblazoned with the words \u2018No ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3439\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3416\">Survey:  Many buyers withdraw offer on house if know aircraft noise is a problem<\/a><\/h3>  November 9, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A new survey just released has found that 41% of buyers would withdraw an offer on a property or lose interest in it once they realised it was impacted by aircraft noise. \u00a0Another 34% would make a lower offer.\nTop of the list is noisy neighbours. \u00a070% would\u00a0withdraw an offer on a property or lose interest in it once they realised ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3416\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3405\">\u201cClear Commitment\u201d by Heathrow Airport to \u201csignificantly\u201d reduce night flights if 3rd runway goes ahead<\/a><\/h3>  November 5, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a05\/11\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0\u201cClear Commitment\u201d by Heathrow Airport to \u201csignificantly\u201d reduce night flights if 3rd runway goes ahead\nHeathrow Chief Executive John Holland-Kaye made a commitment to significantly reduce night flights if permission was given for a third runway.\nCross-examined yesterday by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee (1), Mr Holland-Kaye gave the clearest signal yet that a new ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3405\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3399\">New survey:  London businesses rate airport expansion the least important measure to assist the capital\u2019s economy<\/a><\/h3>  October 29, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a029\/10\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0Londoners rate new airport capacity as he least important measure required to ensure London remains competitive with other global cities, according to a survey released today by the London Chamber of Commerce (1).\u00a0 The survey, undertaken by ComRes for London Tomorrow, a group set up in part by the London Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry, found ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3399\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3390\">HACAN meets DfT over flight paths<\/a><\/h3>  October 22, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN joined other campaign groups on Monday 19th October to meet with senior officials at the Department for Transport to discuss flight path issues.\n\nIt was a constructive meeting covering a range of topics including concentration of flight paths and respite. \u00a0The groups will be meeting Aviation Minister Robert Goodwill in a few weeks to discuss the issues.\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3390\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3387\">Independent research pinpoints reasons for increased noise in Teddington\/Twickenham area<\/a><\/h3>  October 22, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Following complaints from local residents, Heathrow Airport, in collaboration with the residents who sit on the Community Noise Forum commissioned independent research to assess if anything had changed in a number of areas including the Teddington\/Twickenham area. \u00a0\nThe research found that the trials which had taken place recently but which have now stopped are not the cause of the complaints ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3387\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3383\">Campaigners mark 6th anniversary of PM&#8217;s promise not to build a 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  October 22, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n19\/10\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0Heathrow campaigners park plane outside Downing St to mark 6th anniversary of Prime Ministers \u2018No ifs, no buts, no 3rd runway\u2019 speech\n\nTo mark the 6th anniversary of David Cameron\u2019s speech where he promised \u2018No ifs; no buts; there will be no third runway\u2019 Heathrow campaigners parked a plane outside Downing Street this morning .\nOn 19th October ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3383\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3379\">How Heathrow could affect Scottish routes<\/a><\/h3>  October 16, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Fewer Scottish airports could have direct flights to Heathrow if a third runway goes ahead. \u00a0Read the details in the HACAN briefing sent to all SNP MPs: SNP Briefing, Conference 15\u00a0\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3379\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3365\">3rd Runway Protests at Conservative Party Conference<\/a><\/h3>  October 9, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Local residents teamed up with the direct action network Plane Stupid to stage colourful protest actions at the Conservative Party Conference:\nA plane was parked outside the conference:\n\nLoud aircraft noise was played at 4.30am outside the hotel where most of the government ministers were staying to coincide with the first night flight arriving at Heathrow:\n\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3365\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3357\">Five Mayoral candidates to address \u2018biggest ever\u2019 rally against Heathrow Third Runway<\/a><\/h3>  October 7, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n7\/10\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0Five Mayoral candidates to address \u2018biggest ever\u2019 rally against Heathrow Third Runway\n10th October. Parliament Square. 10.30am. Speakers start 11am.\u00a0 Finish by 12.30pm\nAll the candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as Mayor of London from the main political parties will speak at a mass rally against a third runway at Heathrow to be held on 10th October in ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3357\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3349\">All 5 Mayoral candidates oppose 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  October 3, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">What unites all 5 candidates for London Mayor?\nThey are all opposed to a third runway at Heathrow.\n\nConservatives &#8211; Zac Goldsmith;\u00a0Labour &#8211; Sadiq Khan;\u00a0Liberal Democrat &#8211; Caroline Pidgeon;\u00a0Green &#8211; Sian Berry;\u00a0UKIP &#8211; Peter Whittle\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3349\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3337\">Heathrow Airport rapped over expansion ad by Advertising Standards Authority<\/a><\/h3>  September 16, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a015\/9\/15 embargoed until Wed, Sep 16, 00:01 \u00a0\n\u00a0Heathrow Airport rapped over expansion ad by Advertising Standards AuthorityHeathrow Airport has been rapped over the knuckles by the Advertising Standards Authority over a prominent advert it used to promote expansion of the airport (1).\u00a0 Eight complainants challenged that the ad saying it was misleading , with its claim \u00a0that \u00a0&#8216;50% of ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3337\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3328\">Heathrow Poll Shows Support for 3rd Runway Static<\/a><\/h3>  September 9, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a09\/9\/15 for immediate use \n\u00a0Heathrow Poll Shows Support for 3rd Runway Static\nHeathrow Airport today published a poll which shows that support for a third runway remains static (1).\u00a0 Around 50% support expansion, with 34% opposed to it.\u00a0 This is very similar to the findings of a poll they released at the beginning of the year (2).\u00a0 A third of ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3328\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3325\">3rd runway will impact 24 new schools<\/a><\/h3>  September 3, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Teddington Action Group has dug out the fact that 24 new schools and thousands of children will be exposed to noise levels above the World Health Organisation standards if a3rd runway goes ahead. They have written to all head teachers in London.\nRead their press release here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1EDn3bC\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3325\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3320\">HACAN backs cross-party campaign against 3rd Runway launched today<\/a><\/h3>  September 2, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n2\/9\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0HACAN backs cross-party campaign against 3rd Runway\u00a0\nHACAN, which provides a voice for residents under the Heathrow flight paths, has given its backing to a cross-party campaign launched today to stop a third runway at Heathrow.\nThe Coalition Against Heathrow Expansion includes the Mayor of London, Conservative MPs Zac Goldsmith, Adam Afriyie and Tania Mathias, Labour MPs John ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3320\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3309\">What if Davies got his sums wrong<\/a><\/h3>  August 24, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Airports Commission recommended a third runway at Heathrow largely on the basis of the economic benefits it would bring to the country.\u00a0 However, over the last few weeks evidence has emerged that the economic case for a third runway is much less convincing than it may have appeared.\nWhat strengthens the argument is that much of this evidence, whilst unearthed ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3309\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3306\">Plane Stupid activists in Court<\/a><\/h3>  August 20, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A large number of people turned out to support the Plane Stupid activists, who occupied the Heathrow runway last month, when they appeared in Uxbridge Magistrates Court on on 19th August. \u00a0Photos here: \u00a0http:\/\/www.demotix.com\/news\/8344293\/heathrow-climate-activists-protest-outside-plane-stupid-court-hearing\u00a0\u2026 \u00a0They pleaded not guilty and were bailed on condition they don&#8217;t enter airport. \u00a0There will be 2 week trial starting Jan18th.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3306\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3299\">Noise disturbs&#8230;.over 25 miles from Heathrow<\/a><\/h3>  August 20, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A heartfelt plea about aircraft noise emailed to HACAN this morning \u00a0(20th August) from&#8230;Walthamstow&#8230;over 25 miles from Heathrow: \u00a0\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3299\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3281\">Most noise emails come from&#8230;..EAST of Clapham Junction<\/a><\/h3>  August 9, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN gets more emails from areas in South London east of Clapham Junction in a typical week than any other single area.\u00a0\nThis surprises people when I mention it to them.\u00a0 They expect most of the complaints to come from areas closer to the airport.\nI suspect there are four reasons for this:\n\nIn West London there is now more of an acceptance ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3281\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3269\">Where the Labour candidates stand on the 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  August 3, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN outlines where the Labour candidates for Party Leader stand on a third runway at Heathrow and, below that, were the London Mayoral hopefuls stand.\nLabour leadership candidates\nJeremy Corbyn.\u00a0 AGAINST.\nMr Corbyn told\u00a0The Independent: \u201cA third runway at Heathrow would mean 4,000 homes demolished and 10,000 people displaced.\nIt would cause massive increases in noise and air pollution and inflict misery on hundreds ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3269\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3256\">Only 13.2% of Britons Back a Third Runway at Heathrow<\/a><\/h3>  July 28, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n28\/7\/15 for immediate use\nOnly 13.2% of Britons Back a Third Runway at Heathrow\nA Mori poll released yesterday shows that only 13% of people in the UK back a third runway at Heathrow.\u00a0 Most people, 60%, want to see more airport capacity in the country but few of them want it at Heathrow.\u00a0 A third of people are against any ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3256\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3245\">Research reveals Cabinet sub-committee on Heathrow contains leading supporters of expansion<\/a><\/h3>  July 23, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a023\/7\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0Research reveals Cabinet sub-committee on Heathrow contains leading supporters of expansion\nResearch by campaign group HACAN has revealed that key members of the Cabinet sub-committee appointed by David Cameron to assess the Airport Commission\u2019s recommendation that a third runway should be built at Heathrow have been outspoken supporters of a new runway.\u00a0 The revelation comes the day ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3245\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3242\">Campaigners pack David Cameron&#8217;s holiday suitcase<\/a><\/h3>  July 20, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\nMonday 20th July for immediate use\n\u00a0The Case Against Heathrow Expansion\n\nOn 20th July, the day before Parliament broke for its summer recess, campaigners from national organizations and local groups opposed to expansion \u00a0packed David Cameron\u2019s suitcase with material they believe he should read and view on his holiday before he makes up his mind on a third runway.\u00a0 They were ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3242\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3239\">A question of trust<\/a><\/h3>  July 18, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Despite the efforts of Heathrow to be more straightforward and transparent in recent years, there is still as huge legacy of distrust. \u00a0The almost universal reaction by people &#8211; at least those communicating with HACAN \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0to the list of conditions imposed by the Airports Commission accompanying its recommendation of a third runway has been that Heathrow cannot be trusted ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3239\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3226\">Residents block Heathrow Tunnel in 3rd Runway Protest<\/a><\/h3>  July 3, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The day after the Airports Commission recommended a third runway at Heathrow residents blocked the road tunnel to Heathrow in protest. \u00a0Check out the video:\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/19R0UG2pFWc\nAnd this spectacular picture:\u00a0\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3226\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3222\">Airports Commission Report &#8211; in brief<\/a><\/h3>  July 2, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">This is a very brief summary of the main points in the Airports Commission report published yesterday (1st July) The full report is on the Commission&#8217;s website. \u00a0The Commision of course has only made a recommendation. \u00a0The Government will make the final decision by the end of the year.\nThe Airports Commission has recommended that a 3rd runway is built at ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3222\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3191\">HACAN backs Frequent Flyers Levy to replace Air Passenger Duty as \u201cboth green and equitable\u201d<\/a><\/h3>  June 21, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a021st June 2015 for immediate use\n\u00a0HACAN backs Frequent Flyers Levy to replace Air Passenger Duty as \u201cboth green and equitable\u201d\nCampaign group HACAN has given its backing to the plan for a Frequent Flyers Levy to replace Air Passengers Duty.\u00a0 The proposal, released this weekend (1) and based on reports from the New Economics Foundation and CE Delft (2), suggests ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3191\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3183\">Government could delay decision on runways until Christmas<\/a><\/h3>  June 10, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Reports have emerged today that the Government will not take a decision about new runways until the end of the year (1).\u00a0 The report of the Airports Commission, which will recommend a new runway at either Heathrow or Gatwick, is expected to be published at the end of this month but it looks as if the Government will delay its ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3183\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3167\">Campaigners from Heathrow, Gatwick and City airports join forces to demand a voice in flight path changes<\/a><\/h3>  June 1, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">&nbsp;\n\nCampaigners from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports today delivered a joint letter \u00a0to Patrick McLoughlin, the Secretary of State for Transport, demanding a voice for residents in flight path changes which are expected to be introduced over the next few years.\u00a0 Campaigners have asked for a meeting with the Transport Secretary.\nRead the letter here:\u00a0Gatwick Heathrow and City Airport Flight ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3167\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3137\">Airports Commission Air Pollution Consultation<\/a><\/h3>  May 16, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Airports Commission has released a short consultation on air pollution, with \u00a029th May deadline.\u00a0 The consultation documents can be found on the Commission\u2019s website:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/airports-commission-air-quality-assessment\nThis is a technical consultation assessing \u00a0future air pollution levels around Heathrow and Gatwick if new runways are built.\nIt is unlikely that this consultation was prompted by the recent Supreme Court ruling that required the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3137\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3125\">Protesters stage silent air pollution protest in Terminal 5<\/a><\/h3>  May 10, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release \n\u00a010\/5\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0Protesters Stage Silent Air Pollution Demo in Terminal 5\n&nbsp;\nAround 50 campaigners staged a silent protest against air pollution in Terminal 5 this afternoon.\u00a0 The protesters donned masks and t-shirts to make their point that the high air pollution levels in the Heathrow area should rule out a third runway at the airport (1).\u00a0 The protest ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3125\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3113\">Six simple steps to cut noise next Government could take<\/a><\/h3>  April 29, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN has joined other UK noise campaigners to call on the next Government to take six simple steps which would cut noise: \u00a0International Noise Awareness Day demands\n\nThey have been launched on 29th April, when International Noise Awareness Day celebrates its 20th Anniversary. \u00a0A major day of action is being staged in Berlin by German air, road and rail noise campaigners: ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3113\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3103\">Community Noise Forum set up<\/a><\/h3>  April 16, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow Airport has set up the Community Noise Forum.\u00a0 It consists of representatives of the Airport, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), National Air Traffic Control (NATS), British Airways, local authorities, community organizations and campaign groups.\u00a0 It was set up following the complaints received during the recent trials carried out by Heathrow and NATS.\u00a0 In particular, it was hoped it could ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3103\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3085\">How Back Heathrow get their supporters<\/a><\/h3>  April 10, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Back Heathrow claim 80,000 supporters. \u00a0Read this letter sent to HACAN and you&#8217;ll question their figures immediately:\nDear HACAN,\nI am sending you a mailout I received from the pro-Heathrow people, Back Heathrow, because I was so cross and felt misrepresented.\nA few weeks ago they mailed everyone locally with a questionnaire, asking for our preferences with flight paths\/times etc IF the expansion ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3085\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3045\">Historic village threatened by 3rd runway opens its doors to the press and public<\/a><\/h3>  April 4, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The ancient village of Harmondsworth, which originated as a Saxon manor and is now facing demolition if a third Heathrow runway goes ahead, will be staging an Open Day on Sunday 12th\u00a0April to give the media and members of the public a chance to see what would be destroyed\u00a0(1).\u00a0\nThe focus of the event is the re-opening of the celebrated 15th-century ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3045\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3042\">General Election: where parties stand on aviation<\/a><\/h3>  April 3, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">So where do the parties stand?\n\u00a0Let\u2019s start with the Greens because they are probably the simplest.\u00a0 They are opposed to any new runways and favour removal of the tax-breaks aviation enjoys in order to curb demand. \u00a0They estimate it would bring in \u00a316 billion a year to the Exchequer.\nUKIP\u00a0favours reopening Manston to turn its huge former RAF runway into an ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3042\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3033\">Repression of protests against new airport&#8230;.in Mexico protests<\/a><\/h3>  March 18, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Protests against a proposed new airport outside Mexico City have been met with police brutality:\u00a0Atenco\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3033\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3029\">Heathrow Airport furious NATS didn\u2019t tell them about critical flight path changes<\/a><\/h3>  March 17, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow Airport furious NATS didn\u2019t tell them about critical flight path changes\nHeathrow Airport has issued a strong statement this afternoon explaining that they had not been informed by NATS (National Air Traffic Control) about critical changes to flight paths that took place west of the airport in June 2014.\u00a0 Residents in the affected areas \u2013 Ascot, Binfield, Virginia Water and ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3029\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3016\">Polar Bears invade terminal two<\/a><\/h3>  March 8, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">On Saturday 7th March over 30 polar bears invaded Heathrow\u2019s recently opened Terminal Two in a protest against the third runway.\n\nThe bears hung banners, played in the terminal and danced to sound systems.\u00a0 The action, which started on the dot of 11am, lasted about 30 minutes.\u00a0 No arrests were made as the protesters left of their own accord.\nCheck out video:\u00a0https:\/\/vimeo.com\/hyperoculus\/timetoact\u00a0\u2026\nThe ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3016\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2908\">Heathrow expansion bid suffers air pollution blow<\/a><\/h3>  February 21, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\u00a0Government figures released yesterday show that air pollution around Heathrow will still exceed the EU air pollution limits by 2030, even without the addition of a third runway.\u00a0 The figures, published by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) following a Freedom of Information request by campaign group Clean Air in London, reveal pollution limits on the A4 road ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2908\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2904\">March 3rd: Rally against the Runway<\/a><\/h3>  February 16, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A major rally against the 3rd Runway with top speakers will be held on March 3rd, 7pm,\u00a0Church House Conference Centre, Westminster SW1P 3NZ. \u00a0A chance, just 2 months before the General Election, to show the next Government how strong the opposition is to a 3rd runway.\nRally against the 3rd Runway update\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2904\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2901\">A Heathrow Valentine: Check out the video<\/a><\/h3>  February 13, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/-VGFWA_R2Zo\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2901\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2888\">Campaigners and politicians from all political parties at Downing St to remind David Cameron of his no 3rd runway pledge<\/a><\/h3>  February 5, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2888\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2885\">Campaigners and MPs go to Downing St to remind David Cameron of his No 3rd runway pledge<\/a><\/h3>  February 5, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2885\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2877\">HACAN accuses Heathrow of abusing Airport Commission\u2019s consultation process<\/a><\/h3>  February 2, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Campaign group HACAN has accused Heathrow Airport of abusing the Airport Commission\u2019s current consultation, which closes on February 3rd, by \u201cflooding the Commission with thousands of pro-forma responses.\u201d\u00a0\nIn a letter to Sir Howard Davies (see letter and full HACAN response below), the chair of the Commission, HACAN, has said that Heathrow has \u201cstrained every sinew of its advertising budget to ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2877\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2875\">Heathrow insulation scheme: &#8220;more generous than we have seen before but a sign of how eager the airport is to get a third runway&#8221;.<\/a><\/h3>  February 2, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow insulation scheme: &#8220;more generous than we have seen before but a sign of how eager the airport is to get a third runway&#8221;.\n\u00a0Campaign group HACAN has welcomed today\u2019s proposals by Heathrow Airport to provide residents with more noise insulation as \u201cmore generous than we have seen before but a sign of how eager the airport is to get a ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2875\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2869\">Letter from politicians and MPs calling on PM to keep his promise not to build a 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  February 1, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Prime Minister\n10 Downing Street\nLondon SW1\n3rd February 2015\nDear Prime Minister,\nWe call on you to remember the promise that you made before the last General Election: \u201cNo ifs; no buts; there will be no Third Runway\u201d and to reject any plans that might come forward for a third runway at Heathrow.\nYours sincerely,\nAdam Afryie MP\nAngie Bray MP\nZac Goldsmith MP\nKate Hoey MP\nCaroline Lucas ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2869\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2866\">Campaigners and politicians  to deliver letter to PM to ask him to keep his promise not to build a third runway<\/a><\/h3>  February 1, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n30\/1\/15 for immediate use\n\u00a0Campaigners link up with cross-party group of politicians to remind David Cameron to stick to his promise on 3rd runway\n\u00a0Downing Street event on February 3rd\n\u00a0At 2pm on February 3rd (1), to mark the end of the current consultation by the Airports Commission, a cross-party group of MPs, accompanied by campaigners from across London (2), will hand ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2866\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2858\">Number of people disturbed by aircraft noise doubles in the last decade, according to Government survey<\/a><\/h3>  January 27, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Number of people disturbed by aircraft noise doubles in the last decade, according to Government survey\nThe number of people \u2018significantly affected\u2019 by aircraft noise has doubled in the last decade, according to the Government\u2019s recently published National Noise Attitude Survey (1). \u00a0\u00a0Four per cent of the population \u2013 over 2 million people \u2013 now consider themselves badly affected by noise ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2858\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2853\">Runnymede Council drops it support for Heathrow Expansion<\/a><\/h3>  January 26, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Last week Runnymede Council dropped its support for Heathrow expansion.\u00a0 It became the first council to change from a position of supporting a new runway at Heathrow to backing a second runway at Gatwick.\u00a0 A packed public gallery burst into applause when the council\u2019s Corporate Management Committee voted by six votes to three to change the policy.\u00a0 Many of the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2853\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2850\">London outstripping all world cities as an aviation hub<\/a><\/h3>  January 26, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">London is outstripping all world cities as an aviation hub. \u00a0It debunks the capacity crunch myth. \u00a0Far from Britain declining as an aviation superpower, the capital\u2019s global lead over every other city in the world is increasing.\nDespite the \u201ccapacity crunch\u201d at the capital\u2019s airport, figures compiled by\u00a0The Independent\u00a0reveal that London remains the world\u2019s top airline hub by a wide margin ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2850\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2833\">Well over 1 million oppose 3rd runway, polls reveal<\/a><\/h3>  January 13, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Numbers that will worry any Government\nWell over a million people in London and the South East oppose a third runway at Heathrow.\u00a0 And there is no sign of their opposition weakening.\u00a0 Indeed, the support for Heathrow expansion has remained static over the last seven years or so.\nThe figures have come to light following an analysis of recent polls by the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2833\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2829\">The case of the mysterious post boxes appearing in Heathrow\u2019s terminals<\/a><\/h3>  January 8, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Post boxes have started to appear in the terminals Heathrow Airport urging customers to \u2018help us expand Heathrow\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0They coincide with the final public consultation being held by the Airports Commission which is looking at whether a third runway should be built at Heathrow or a second one at Gatwick.\u00a0 The Commission\u2019s final report will be published after May\u2019s General Election.\u00a0 ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2829\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2824\">Heathrow Hub staging exhibitions<\/a><\/h3>  January 7, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">They will be of particular interest to people living under the existing northern flight path as you are in line for more flights. \u00a0A chance to find out how the Heathrow Hub proposals would affect you. \u00a0This is the plan that intends to extend the existing northern runway at the western end so that it can operate as two runways.\nHeathrow ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2824\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2802\">The Case against a 3rd Runway<\/a><\/h3>  January 2, 2015<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">This short HACAN briefing outlines the case against a 3rd runway at Heathrow:\u00a0 http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/The-Case-against-the-expansion-of-Heathrow-Airport-2.pdf\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2802\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2771\">Help with responding to the Airports Commission consultation<\/a><\/h3>  December 18, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Airports Commission Consultation ends on February 3rd. \u00a0It is a technical document more aimed at responses from organisations rather than individuals but, if you wish to respond, this two-pager may help you:\u00a0Consultation_Special_by_HACAN_Jan_2015\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2771\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2762\">Heathrow\u2019s Populus Survey:\u00a0 the script<\/a><\/h3>  December 9, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Judge for yourself whether these questions may lead you to give particular answers:\u00a0\nHeathrow has used results from telephone surveys it has commissioned from the polling firm, Populus, to claim around 50% support for a 3rd runway but questions have been persistently asked about the script Populus has used.\u00a0 And enterprising resident had the presence of mind to take detailed notes ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2762\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2753\">Back Heathrow&#8217;s methods exposed<\/a><\/h3>  November 30, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The method&#8217;s of the controversial pro-expansion group Back Heathrow have been exposed in the Sunday Times (30\/11\/14)\n&#8220;HEATHROW came under fire from senior politicians and environmentalists this weekend after bankrolling a community campaign group that claims to represent the \u201csilent majority\u201d who want a third runway at the airport.\nHundreds of thousands of homes in London have received a series of glossy ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2753\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2418\">Airports Consultation Explained<\/a><\/h3>  November 16, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Your last chance to tell the Airports Commission what you think&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..\nThe final consultation from the Airports Commission was launched on 11th November. We have produced a 4 page summary outlining the key points of the consultation.\u00a0Airports Commission Consultation Briefing Explained\nThe Commission is asking for comments on whether it has assessed its three shortlisted schemes correctly.\n\nIt is not expecting many individuals ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2418\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2406\">Heathrow or Gatwick: &#8220;In the end of the day, it will come down to political deliverability&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>  November 11, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Press Release\n\u00a011\/11\/14 for immediate use\n\u00a0Airports Commission:\u00a0 Third Runway will cost up to \u00a34 billion more than Heathrow Airport estimates\nThe public consultation document issued by the Airports Commission this morning argues that a third runway at Heathrow will cost up to \u00a34 billion more than the Airport has estimated.\u00a0 A second runway at Gatwick would also be more expensive that its ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2406\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2392\">Sign a Petition against a Third Runway<\/a><\/h3>  November 2, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">An enterprising HACAN supporter has started this petition against a 3rd runway at Heathrow.\nPlease sign it here.\nIt is backed 110% by HACAN.\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2392\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2390\">UKIP confirms opposition to 3rd runway as top Tories oppose it<\/a><\/h3>  November 2, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Cliff Dixon, UKIP&#8217;s candidate for Hayes &amp; Harlington (the constituency which includes Heathrow Airport), confirmed UKIP are against a third runway at Heathrow in a newspaper article published last week\u00a0http:\/\/wp.me\/p4e6Tn-zo\u00a0\nAnd an Important story in today&#8217;s Observe (2nd November) outlines how many leading conservatives oppose expansion at Heathrow. \u00a0These include the foreign secretary Philip Hammond, the home secretary Theresa May, the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2390\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2311\">Ascot: over 1000 at flight paths public meeting<\/a><\/h3>  October 14, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Over a thousand people packed a public meeting in Ascot on 13th October to protest at the flight path trials which routed many more planes over their area. \u00a0Heathrow Airport, NATS (air traffic control) and the Civil Aviation Authority explained that they were testing new procedures not necessarily new route. \u00a0The trials would end by mid-November. \u00a0The trials are part ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2311\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2307\">Fair Flight Paths Petition<\/a><\/h3>  October 8, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Check out and sign our petition &#8211; FAIR Flight Paths for Heathrow:\u00a0https:\/\/you.38degrees.org.uk\/p\/fairflightpaths\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2307\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2282\">Petition against 3rd Runway<\/a><\/h3>  October 6, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Hounslow Council has launched this petition calling for no 3rd runway at Heathrow.\u00a0 You might like to sign it.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to be a Hounslow resident to do so.\u00a0http:\/\/petitions.hounslow.gov.uk\/Betternotbigger\/\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2282\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2278\">Flight Path trials to end early<\/a><\/h3>  October 5, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The controversial trials of possible new flight paths are to end early &#8211; on 12th November instead of January &#8211; after a public outcry from areas which got many more aircraft. \u00a0Also, another set of trials has been postponed until August 2015. \u00a0Heathrow has said the trials are to test new procedures and any permanent changes in flight paths would ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2278\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2275\">Lies, Dammed Lies and Opinion Polls<\/a><\/h3>  October 5, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow Airport and its side-kick Back Heathrow are making big claims about the support their is for a 3rd runway. But their polls and surveys leave much to be desired.\nThis document is made available as a PDF file:\u00a0 http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Lies-Dammed-Lies-and-Opinion-Polls.pdf\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2275\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2268\">Heathrow may halt controversial flight path trials early<\/a><\/h3>  September 21, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow Airport has tweeted this morning that it is considering cutting short the controversial flight path trials which have aroused so much opposition. \u00a0The trials were originally intended to go on into next year. \u00a0They were designed to test new ways of flying planes out of the airport but have met with huge opposition. \u00a0A petition in Ascot has gained ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2268\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2259\">Ignore Back Heathrow &#8216;Survey&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>  September 20, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Our advice is to ignore the latest Back Heathrow survey which recently came through many people&#8217;s doors. \u00a0I was going to do an analysis of it but it&#8217;s questions are so clearly loaded that its bias is obvious.\n\nWe suggest that people follow Zac Goldsmith&#8217;s advice and &#8220;placed I have it in the recycling bin&#8221;\u00a0http:\/\/www.zacgoldsmith.com\/the-back-heathrow-survey\/\nRead the HACAN briefing on why Heathrow ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2259\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2232\">Third Runway:  It may be all about Boris<\/a><\/h3>  September 14, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Campaign group HACAN has welcomed London Mayor Boris Johnson\u2019s pledge that he will \u201ccontinue to fight against a 3rd\u00a0runway\u201d if elected as the next MP for Uxbridge.\u00a0 He made it clear when he was selected to fight the seat for the Conservatives on Friday that there was no chance he would change his stance on a third runway.\n\u00a0HACAN chair John ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2232\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2228\">Campaign group critical of Heathrow poll claiming MPs back 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  September 8, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Campaign group HACAN, which opposes expansion at Heathrow, has claimed that the Mori Poll released by Heathrow Airport today is what it seems.\u00a0Heathrow claims the poll shows that 60% of MPs support at third runway but HACAN argues that claim is misleading as only 143 MPs out of 650 were asked. \u00a0Of those that were polled, 84 backed 3rd runway.\nRead ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2228\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2225\">50,000 newspapers with reasons for NO 3RD runway<\/a><\/h3>  September 4, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Today, HACAN proudly launches Third Runway News, a new publication providing residents of west London, east Berkshire and north Surrey with the facts about what an expanded Heathrow Airport would mean for them.\nRead the illustrated 4 page newspaper: http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ThirdRunwayNews-digitalversion.pdf\nHACAN is a residents-led campaign and indeed this very newspaper was designed by one of our local members, not a hugely expensive ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2225\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2216\">Boris Island dropped: press statement from HACAN<\/a><\/h3>  September 1, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">1st September 2014\nWith the news that an official statement will be made tomorrow \u00a0(2nd September) that the Airports Commission has ruled out an Estuary Airport, HACAN, which opposes a third runway at Heathrow, made the following statement:\n\u00a0HACAN chair John Stewart said: \u201cI don\u2019t expect that this will mean that Boris Johnson or his supporters will give up on the idea ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2216\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2006\">New report names London top city for business<\/a><\/h3>  August 19, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Read the details of the report:\u00a0http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/london-tops-forbes-list-of-the-worlds-most-influential-cities-in-2014-9676264.html\nRead why a 3rd runway is not essential for London&#8217;s economy:\u00a0http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/blog\/?p=321\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2006\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2000\">HACAN calls for Heathrow Airport to come clean on its Populus polls after the polling company\u2019s methods are exposed<\/a><\/h3>  August 13, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN \u00a0has called on HeathrowAirport to come clean about its surveys carried out by its favourite pollster Populus following the revelations this week about the methods Populus used in a recent survey on fracking. \u00a0The \u00a0fracking poll published on Monday, carried out for UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG), was described by a polling expert as \u2018one of the most ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=2000\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1984\">HACAN reveals: 3rd runway could mean 13 hours of non-stop flying<\/a><\/h3>  August 4, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">If a third runway is built some areas will experience 13 hours of non-stop flying &#8211; a plane every 90 seconds. \u00a0These will include places under the new flight path like Harlington and Brentford. \u00a0It would also apply to places such as Richmond under the approach to the southern runway.\n\n\u00a0Read the HACAN Press Release http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/third-runway-would-halve-respite-period-for-tens-of-thousands-in-west-london\/\n\u00a0Read the HACAN Briefing http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/third-runways-flight-paths\/\n\u00a0Read the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1984\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1939\">Residents&#8217; anger at Heathrow compensation consultation<\/a><\/h3>  July 28, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">28\/7\/14\nFurious residents have complained to campaign group HACAN about Heathrow Airport\u2019s most recent consultation.\u00a0 Last week Heathrow released a three month consultation seeking people\u2019s views on who should qualify for compensation if a third runway goes ahead.\u00a0 But residents have told HACAN that they feel they are being steamrollered into accepting the fact that a third runway is inevitable at ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1939\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1841\">Heathrow&#8217;s claims to do not stack up according  to new reports<\/a><\/h3>  June 29, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow\u2019s claims that a third runway will improve the overall noise climate for residents do not stack up, according to campaign group HACAN. It has compared Heathrow\u2019s arguments with the findings of two recently-published reports and concludes that \u201cHeathrow\u2019s claims are unravelling in the face of the independent evidence.\u201d\nYou can read more about this in either a)\u00a0our press release\u00a0or b)\u00a0our ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1841\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1739\">18th June: Gala Night at Richmond Theatre &#8211; Winning videos!<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nOver 800 packed into Richmond Theatre on a balmy summer&#8217;s evening on 18th June to watch the anti-3rd runway video competition. Celebrity judges Hugh Grant, Holly Willoughby and Rachel Johnson joined compere Gyles Brandreth to pick the winner from the 15 shortlisted entries (out of nearly 60 submissions).\nThe No Ifs No Buts competition was staged by HACAN and Zac Goldsmith.\nWatch ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1739\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1737\">Heathrow&#8217;s Noise Claims &#8216;blown out of the water&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nNew figures published by the London Mayor \u2018blow out of the water\u2019 Heathrow Airport\u2019s oft-repeated claim that overall noise levels will fall if a third runway is built.\u00a0 They show that Heathrow\u2019s claims assume the new runway will be only operating at one-third capacity.\u00a0 They also argue that Heathrow is also over-optimistic about the introduction of quieter aircraft.\nRead the HACAN ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1737\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1735\">Heathrow unveils revised plans for 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">See HACAN\u00a0 HYPERLINK &#8220;http:\/\/www.hacan.org.uk\/blog\/&#8221; blog\u00a0for an assessment\nRead our summary of the proposals\u00a0with HACAN&#8217;s initial comments.\nRead the HACAN Press Release.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1735\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1729\">Heathrow Chief admits M4 would need to be diesel-free if 3rd Runway went ahead<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Heathrow Airport&#8217;s outgoing chief executive Colin Matthews has admitted that the M4 would need to be diesel-free if a 3rd runway was ever built at the airport. Matthews told the aviation specialists Flightglobal that &#8220;to fix air quality at Heathrow &#8221;. It is the first time that ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1729\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1727\">Protests Continue in Frankfurt<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">What respectable residents get up in Frankfurt every Monday evening in the airport terminal. For their 94th protest in the terminal they destroyed a mock up of the hated 4th runway. Spectacular and entertaining video here and here. \u00a0The 4th runway was opened in 2011. The new flight paths put in place to service it have generated weekly protests ever ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1727\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1725\">New report: People affected by noise at lower levels than admitted<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A new report from mvaconsultancy shows that people are affected by much lower levels of aircraft noise than the Government has admitted. It challenges the whole basis of aircraft noise policy.\nRead this.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1725\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1722\">HACAN dismisses Heathrow 3rd runway consultation as &#8216;a PR exercise&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN has dismissed the six week consultation Heathrow Airport is embarking on on 3rd February as &#8216;a PR exercise&#8217;. The consultation is not about whether or not people want a 3rd runway but on how they think Heathrow&#8217;s plans for one can be improved!\nSee details in the HACAN press release.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1722\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1720\">Coalition re-forms to oppose 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A coalition has been formed to oppose any plans for a third runway at Heathrow.\nThe Airports Commission, set up by the Government, is looking at two options for a 3rd runway at Heathrow, in addition to the option of a 2nd runway at Gatwick.\nStill on the table is the option of an Isle of Grain airport on the Kent Coast. ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1720\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1718\">New night flight regime postponed until 2017<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Government announced today (11\/11\/13) that it is proposing no significant changes to the night flight regime at Heathrow until 2017.\nOriginally, it planned changes next year but it argues it would be sensible to wait until after the Airports Commission, which is looking possible expansion on London and the South East, reports in Summer 2015.\nRead the HACAN reaction.\nRead the details ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1718\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1716\">20% more chance of dying of stress-related diseases under Heathrow flight path<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A new study, to be published today (9\/10\/13), has found that deaths from stroke, heart and circulatory disease are 20% higher in areas with high levels of aircraft noise than in places with the least noise.\nResearchers at Imperial College London and King&#8217;s College London compared data on day- and night-time aircraft noise with hospital admissions and mortality rates among a ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1716\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1714\">&#8216;Back Heathrow&#8217; campaign sends newspaper to 500,000 homes<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The new Heathrow Airport-inspired &#8216;Back Heathrow&#8217; campaign has send a newspaper to half a million homes.\nRead HACAN\u2019s rebuttal.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1714\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1712\">Heathrow Airport offers to fund pro-3rd runway residents&#8217; groups<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN calls it &#8220;the actions of a desperate organisation.&#8221;\nRead our press release.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1712\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1710\">South East London tops complaints chart in Summer 2013<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN has published a selection of the emails it received during Summer 2013.\nIt showed that, by some distance the largest number of complaints came from South East London.\u00a0Read the report.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1710\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1708\">Hundreds Attend European Aviation Campaigner&#8217;s Conference<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Over 250 people from six countries across Europe attended the European Aviation Campaigner&#8217;s Conference in Attaching near Munich earlier this year.\nThe campaigners pledged to work to together on Europe-wide campaigns to end night flights and the tax-breaks &#8211; such as tax-free fuel &#8211; which the aviation industry enjoys. You can read their full manifesto.\nThe growing European campaigners movement has taken ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1708\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1706\">HACAN&#8217;s reponse to the Airport Commision&#8217;s noise consultation<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN has submitted this response to the Commission.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1706\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1704\">Mixed results from respite trial, but 100,000 benefit<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The night time respite trial where HACAN worked with Heathrow Airport, NATS and British Airways produced mixed results.\nBut it did bring benefits to over 100,000 people and it did help put the need for respite firmly on the Government&#8217;s agenda.\nRead more about the trial in PDF format.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1704\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1702\">Airports Commission publishes the submissions it has received<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">In mid-August the Airports Commission published the submissions it received for new runways and new airports.\nIt also published submissions on ways to improve the capacity of Heathrow in the short and medium term. It is inviting comments on them by 27th September.\nYou can read the submissions on its website.\nA 2 page aide for people who might want to respond produced ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1702\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1700\">Airports Commission asks for views on noise<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Airports Commission is asking for views on aircraft noise.\nHere is an easy-to-read guide which HACAN has produced in PDF format.\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1700\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1698\">Third Runway would kill historic opportunity to improve noise climate for Heathrow residents<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A short report released today by campaign group HACAN claims that a third runway at Heathrow would kill off an historic opportunity to improve the noise climate for residents.\nRead the report Heathrow in a Noisy League of it&#8217;s Own.\u00a0\nRead the HACAN press release.\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1698\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1696\">Heathrow now wants 3rd runway south west of the Airport<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The London Evening Standard has revealed (6\/6\/13) that Heathrow Airport is now looking for a third runway south east of the airport, in the Stanwell Moor area.\nRead the HACAN press release.\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1696\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1694\">72% of residents against Heathrow Expansion<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">72% people in Richmond, Hillingdon and Hounslow have voted against expansion at Heathrow in polls conducted by the three London boroughs.\nOver the last few weeks people have voted in official referenda carried out by Hillingdon and Richmond and, in Hounslow, completed a questionnaire sent out to every household in the borough. Hounslow also asked about attitudes to night flights. 83% ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1694\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1692\">The Airport Commission sets off a flurry of reports<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Airports Commission, set up last year, to examine whether more airport capacity is needed and, if so, where will come up with a short-list of possible sites in its Interim Report at the end of the year.\nIt will examine these sites in more detail before producing its final report in Summer 2015, two months after the next General Election.\nDetails ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1692\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1684\">The Horror of a Four Runway Heathrow<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n2M, which represents local authorities across London and the Home Counties, has produced maps of what the flight paths of a 4 runway Heathrow &#8211; if it was ever built &#8211; would look like.\nClick here for more maps\nThe Evening Standard broke the story.\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1684\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1682\">Heathrow Airport will not press for mixed mode<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">In a hugely significant development Heathrow Airport (BAA as was) has said it will not be pressing for mixed-mode (planes landing on both runways throughout the day).\nA Heathrow source told The Times (4\/2\/13):&#8221; It would be a lot of pain for not much gain,&#8221; said a Heathrow source. Heathrow confirmed its position when appearing before the Transport Committee of the ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1682\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1677\">A Pub-Style Debate<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Transport Secretary Justine Greening dismissed the lobbying efforts of the aviation industry as &#8220;a pub-style debate&#8221;\nTo disentangle the myths from the facts in the Heathrow debate, read our latest 4-pager in PDF format:\u00a0 Heathrow Expansion Myths and Facts\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1677\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1675\">Willie Walsh accepts there will be No Third Runway<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Speaking at the debate organized by the Evening Standard (27th June) BAA chief Willie Walsh said that, much as he would like to have seen a\u00a03rd runway\u00a0at Heathrow, he no accepts the reality that it will not happen and is planning his business accordingly.\nHe also said that\u00a0mixed-mode\u00a0at Heathrow would makes worse at the airport and opposes it.\nThe Evening Standard, still ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1675\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1673\">No Economic Case to Expand Heathrow<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">There has been a high-profile campaign recently by the aviation industry arguing the UK economic will suffer if airport expansion does not take place, particularly at Heathrow.\nIt has been heavily featured in the Evening Standard since Sarah Sands became editor. HACAN does not believe the case stands up. This two page PDF document\u00a0summarises why.\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1673\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1671\">Economic costs of sleep deprivation to be included in night flights review<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">In a Lord&#8217;s debate (28\/5\/12) the Government announced it would consider the economic loss due to sleep loss when it reviews night flights later this year.\nThis will be the first time this has been done. The issue was first raised in a CE Delft Report published by HACAN. Welcome move.\nMore details of the announcement.\u00a0Read the HACAN report.\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1671\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1669\">HACAN calls on Government to ditch for good outdated way of measuring aircraft noise<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN is calling on the Government to include plans to change the way it measures aircraft noise in its draft aviation policy, expected to go out to public consultation before the end of March.\nThe current method the Government uses varies from the one recommended by the European Union. It also contradicts the guidelines for noise annoyance recommended by the World ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1669\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1667\">CAA Report: 28% of people in Europe affected by aircraft noise live under the Heathrow flight paths<\/a><\/h3>  June 26, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A major new report published yesterday (19\/12\/11) by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) reveals that 28% of the people in Europe affected by aircraft noise live under the Heathrow flight paths.\nA total of over 700,000 people are affected by Heathrow aircraft. The report calls for measures, such as steeper descents by aircraft, to mitigate the impact of noise on residents. ...<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1667\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1242\">Reasons to oppose a 3rd runway<\/a><\/h3>  March 2, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HACAN has published an easy-to-read guide outlining the social, environmental, economic and political objections to a 3rd runway.\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1242\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1235\">People affected by noise at lower levels than admitted<\/a><\/h3>  March 2, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A new report from MVA Consultancy shows that people are affected by much lower levels of aircraft noise than the Government has admitted. It challenges the whole basis of aircraft noise policy.\nRead the report\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1235\">READ MORE <\/a><\/li><li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=1232\">Latest fortnightly update<\/a><\/h3>  March 2, 2014<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">It\u2019s a busy time. We are compiling some highlights of recent and forthcoming campaigning by HACAN and others on the major airport issues. 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