Hacan say double previous estimate affected by Heathrow noise
20.06.09
Campaign group Hacan say that BAA has admitted that more than double the number of people are affected by aircraft noise from Heathrow than it previously estimated. The airport operator launched a 16-week consultation for its noise action plan this week, in which it said 725,500 residents were bothered by the sound of planes.
Hacan say that BAA and the Government previously averaged out noise across a 16-hour day, which found that 258,500 people lived inside the 57-decibel contour. But the EU now requires separate measurements for day, evening and night, which are combined to get the average over a 24-hour period.
John Stewart, founder and chairman of Hacan, said: ‘At long last BAA has been forced to creep into the real world and admit many more than 300,000 people are affected by aircraft noise. But even this is an underestimate. The World Health Organisation estimates more than a million people are affected.’
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