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Recommendation 12

12

Include specific noise pollution targets for flights within updated Airports National Policy Statement

Recommendation
The Government should ensure that it is actively working to minimise and mitigate all impacts of noise pollution on relevant populations caused through flying. It should also include a target, within the new ANPS, on the level of acceptable noise from flights both individually and cumulatively. The Government should set out this target in the response to this report. (Recommendation, Paragraph 59)
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 12 January 2026. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗