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Noise zoning also applies to aviation noise. This concerns the noise caused by aircraft taking off, flying, and landing, including the noise caused by taxiing aircraft.
Testing aircraft engines, for example after maintenance and overhaul, is considered industrial noise, which is subject to zoning requirements under the Noise Abatement Act.
The zones to which restrictive regulations apply must be included on the zoning map of zoning plans.
The Spatial Planning Policy Document (2004) designates an area where no new housing may be built, known as the ‘20 Ke contour’. Exceptions to this are building opportunities that already existed under the regional plan in force in 2004. Restructuring and intensification in existing built-up areas are also possible within the 20 Ke contour. Specifically for Schiphol, there is a restricted area, based on the Airport Classification Decree (LIB), where no housing may be built, except with an exemption from the national government.
The noise from domestic airfields is regulated by the Aviation Act.
For foreign airports whose sphere of influence extends to Dutch territory, the Noise Abatement Act has a separate regulation.
For airports in the Netherlands other than Schiphol, the Civil and Military Airports Regulations (RBML) apply. For some civil airports, the new system has not yet been introduced, but the noise zones in Cost Units still apply.
Peutz has extensive experience in calculating aviation noise, both from aircraft taking off, flying, and landing, as well as from aircraft engine test runs. Such studies have been carried out for national and international airports, as well as for many airlines.
Measurements of aircraft noise have been carried out in many different ways and under various conditions for a wide range of clients.
