Battersea Heliport and helicopter noise
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Following closure of the City of London floating helipad at Trigg Lane in 1985 Battersea Heliport, located in Lombard Road on the Battersea riverside, became the only licensed heliport serving London. Today there is one other heliport - Upminster in Essex - which opened in 2006.
Battersea Heliport obtained planning permission from central government in 1958 and subsequently operated under a series of permissions from the former GLC until that body was abolished in 1986.
The current operators are the Von Essen Group who purchased the heliport from Weston Aviation Limited in early 2007. The site is operated by PremiAir Aviation Group (www.premiair.co.uk). Previous owners include the Harrods organisation and the Westland group of companies.
In 1991 proposals to establish a new City of London Heliport on the north bank of the River Thames adjacent to Cannon Street Station were rejected by the then Secretary of State following a lengthy public inquiry.
A scheduled helicopter service was established in the early 1980s to provide a direct link between Gatwick and Heathrow airports. This service was however discontinued in 1986 when British Caledonian Airways had its licence to operate this service withdrawn by the CAA on environmental grounds.
