The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Nuclear Installations) Regulations 2007

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Nuclear Installations) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 1st August 2007.

2.  The Regulations specified in the First Schedule are revoked.

3.—(1) This regulation applies to each of the nuclear installations specified in Column 1 of the Second Schedule, each of which for the purpose of this regulation is taken to comprise an area bounded by a circle of the radius specified in Column 2 of that Schedule opposite its name and centred on the position specified in Column 3 of the Schedule.

(2) Subject to regulations 4 to 13, no aircraft is to fly over a nuclear installation to which this regulation applies below the height above mean sea level specified in Column 4 of the Second Schedule opposite its name.

4.—(1) Regulation 3 does not prohibit at a nuclear installation specified in paragraph (2), flight for the purpose of landing at or taking off from the helicopter landing area at the installation with the permission of the person in charge of the installation and in accordance with any conditions to which that permission is made subject.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to the nuclear installations at Aldermaston, Barrow-in-Furness, Berkeley, Bradwell, Burghfield, Chapelcross, Dungeness, Hartlepool, Harwell, Heysham, Hunterston, Hinkley Point, Oldbury, Sellafield, Sizewell, Springfields, Torness, Trawsfynydd and Wylfa.

5.  Regulation 3 does not prohibit at the nuclear installation at Devonport—

(a) flight by a helicopter for the purpose of landing at or taking off from HM Naval Base Plymouth Weston Mill Lake Helicopter Landing Site with the permission of Flag Officer Sea Training and in accordance with any conditions to which that permission is made subject; or

(b) flight by a helicopter for the purpose of landing at or taking off from any ship within the Devonport Dockyard with the permission of Flag Officer Sea Training and in accordance with any conditions to which that permission is made subject.

6.  Regulation 3 does not prohibit at the nuclear installation at Dungeness, flight by an aircraft which has taken off from or intends to land at London Ashford (Lydd) Airport flying in accordance with normal aviation practice which remains at least 1.5 nautical miles from the position specified in Column 3 of the Second Schedule.

7.  Regulation 3 does not prohibit at the nuclear installation at Hinkley Point, flight by a helicopter flying within the Bridgewater Bay Danger Area(1) with the permission of the person in charge of that Area and in accordance with any conditions to which that permission is made subject which remains at least 1 nautical mile from the position specified in Column 3 of the Second Schedule.

8.  Regulation 3 does not prohibit at the nuclear installation at Rosyth, flight within the route notified as the Kelty Lane for the purpose of making an approach to land at, or a departure from, Edinburgh Airport.

9.  Regulation 3 does not prohibit at the nuclear installation at Springfields—

(a) flight at a height of not less than 1,670 feet above mean sea level for the purpose of landing at Blackpool Airport; or

(b) flight in airspace lying south of a straight line drawn from 534644N 0024454W to 534513N 0025044W for the purpose of landing at or taking of from Warton Aerodrome.

10.  Regulation 3 does not prohibit at the nuclear installation at Wylfa, flight at a height of not less than 2000 feet above ground level whilst operating under and in accordance with a clearance from the air traffic control unit at RAF Valley.

11.  Regulation 3 does not prohibit at the nuclear installation at Bradwell, flight at a height of not less that 1500 feet above mean sea level whilst conducting an instrument approach procedure at London Southend Airport.

12.  Regulation 3 does not prohibit at the nuclear installation at Hartlepool, flight at a height of not less than 1800 feet above mean sea level whilst conducting an instrument approach procedure at Durham Tees Valley Airport.

13.  Regulation 3 does not prohibit at the nuclear installation at Coulport/Faslane—

(a) flight by a helicopter for the purpose of landing at or taking off from HM Naval Base Clyde Helicopter Landing Site with the permission of the Naval Base Commander Clyde and in accordance with any conditions to which that permission is made subject; or

(b) flight by a helicopter for the purpose of landing at or taking off from any ship within the HM Naval Base Clyde with the permission of the Naval Base Commander Clyde and the Queen’s Harbour Master for Faslane and in accordance with any conditions to which that permission is made subject.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Jim Fitzpatrick

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

5th July 2007