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Aviation: Regulation

Asked by Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 5 September 2025UIN 72677

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will (a) limit and (b) regulate the (i) number and (I) frequency of (A) pleasure and (B) display flights by small aircraft above residential areas.

Answered by Mike Kane

Currently there are no plans to formally limit the number of small aircraft over residential areas. However, all airspace users must follow The Rules of the Air Regulations 2007 which set out minimum heights for flight above built-up areas.

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