§ Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now take steps to raise the permitted 185W minimum height of aircraft flying over central London when approaching Heathrow in order to reduce disturbance from noise.
§ Mr. JayI cannot make any significant changes. However, when parallel landings are not in operation, aircraft more than eleven nautical miles East of London (Heathrow) Airport will not now be permitted to descend below 3,000 ft. instead of the former 2,000 ft. minimum.
I have placed a map in the library showing the areas affected by these new instructions.
Number Estimated Cost £'000 Estimated Additional Employment Applications received by the Board of Trade 436 — — Offers of assistance made (excluding offers declined) 350 4,402 15,579 Applications ineligible* or withdrawn† 172 — — Applications rejected on the advice of the Board of Trade Advisory Committee 13 — — Applications under consideration at 31st December, 1966 181 — — * Applications may be ineligible for such reasons as application not made in time, applicant not providing building concerned. † A substantial number of applications withdrawn are resubmitted in a revised form.