# The London Luton Airport Expansion Development Consent Order 2025, Paragraph 28: Night quota period scheduled movements cap

Extent: E+W

(1) The undertaker must not operate the airport under this Order ... so that it permits in excess of 9,650 scheduled movements by aircraft in the night quota period (23:30-06:00 local time) per 12 month period, in accordance with the air noise management plan, unless a request to vary this limit has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State following consultation with the specified authorities and, where appointed, the ESG.
(2) Any request to vary the limits under sub-paragraph (1) are only to be approved where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that such changes would not give rise to any materially new or materially different effects in comparison with those reported in the environmental statement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/463/schedule/2/paragraph/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-luton-airport-expansion-development-consent-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-28
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