St Albans MP Anne Main has called for the government’s consultation on aviation noise to take into account the growing concerns of residents living under the Luton Airport flight path over St Albans.

During the debate on the Queen’s Speech, Mrs Main said, ‘We are expanding airports, including Luton, and they are increasingly causing noise problems for residents.’

Mrs Main raised the concerns of many residents who have contacted her since the implementation of the new RNAV route in 2015 saying, ‘RNAV is concentrating the noise and impact on a number of people who find it intolerable to live under the flight path.’

‘There has been a 150% increase in complaints as a result of the rapid expansion of Luton [and the implementation of RNAV]’.

Anne welcomed the government’s consultation on the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise, saying that she, ‘do[es] not want other residents to have an RNAV focus of noise and planes coming over their houses making their lives intolerable.’

Speaking after the debate, Anne said, ‘I was delighted to raise these concerns on behalf of people in St Albans who are fed up with incessant airplane noise over this narrow corridor created by RNAV. I hope, in light of the government’s consultation and the Post Implementation Review of RNAV being carried out by Luton and the CAA, that a sensible change can be made to this flight path to alleviate the huge annoyance that it imposes on those living below it.’