More than half of the 20,000 noise complaints that arrive at the airport come from just 10 people
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The airport and noise issues are inseparable, with 20,642 complaints at London Heathrow Airport during the three months of July-September 2017. However, looking at the breakdown of the data, 1190 people filed complaints, and among them, the top 10 people with the highest number of complaints alone accounted for 13,038 cases, accounting for 63.2% of the total. understood.
Nearly two thirds of Heathrow Airport's 20,000 noise complaints came from 10 people during the third quarter of 2017 | City AM
http://www.cityam.com/276080/nearly-two-thirds-heathrows-20000-noise-complaints-came-10
Reports | Noise | Heathrow
http://www.heathrow.com/noise/facts,-stats-and-reports/reports
Heathrow Airport is working on local noise issues and publishes a quarterly (three-month) noise report on its official website.
The data from July to September 2017 was not released at the time of writing the article, but according to the contents reported by the business news site 'City AM' in advance by obtaining the data, the number of recent complaints is The number of cases is decreasing, with 21,547 cases in the January-March period of 2017, 21,045 cases in the April-June period, and 20,642 cases in the July-September period as mentioned above.
However, by district, the number of complaints from Slough, which is located on the west side of Heathrow Airport, which is the highest, increased from 4439 in the April-June period to 6315 in the July-September period. was doing.
On the other hand, we also know that the number of people complaining is higher at Richmond Upon Thames on the east side of the airport and Windsor and Maiden Head on the south side of Slough.
The tendency to receive many complaints from a small number of people in Slough has continued for some time, and in November 2016, the local newspaper Slough Express reported that 'There were 3944 noise complaints from Slough to Heathrow Airport. Only 22 people alleged. '
Heathrow report shows 3,944 noise complaints in Slough – from just 22 people --Slough Express
https://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/news/slough/106533/heathrow-report-shows-3-944-noise-complaints-in-slough-from-just-22-people.html
The numbers in the news are from July to September 2016, and the figure below shows the number of complaints filed at the same time in the report released by Heathrow Airport on a map. The central ellipse labeled 'LHR' is the location of the airport, and the other colored circles indicate the high number of complaints by region. The most common is Slough (yellow) located to the west of the airport with 3944 cases, followed by Richmond Upon Thames (green) to the east with 3198 cases. In addition, Windsor Maidenhead (blue) 3001 cases, Bracknell Forest (light blue) 2369 cases, Surrey Heath (orange) 2294 cases, Greater London other districts (brown) 2021 cases, and so on. increase.
However, if you look at the chart by number of people, there are only 22 sloughs. Richmond Upon Thames has 408, followed by 405 in the rest of Greater London and 283 in Windsor and Maidenhead.
The total number of complaints from July to September 2016 was 25,200, and the number of complaints was 2,128. Of these, 12,312 came from the top 10 people with the highest number of complaints. From a different point of view, 48.86% of all complaints came from only 0.5% of the people who complained.
Looking at the figures for the July-September period of 2017 again, the number of complaints was 20,642, and the number of complaints was 1,190. The number of complaints from the top 10 people in the number of complaints is 13,038, which is 63.2% of the total, so it can be inferred that the people who made complaints a year ago continue to make complaints.
A spokeswoman for Heathrow Airport said, 'Although it is quieter than in the 1970s, we understand that noise is a source of community concern. Heathrow Airport will continue to work with airlines and industry companies. We will strive to reduce the number of people affected by noise. '
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