Purpose of this change

This proposal is for an Airspace Trial, for which a scaled airspace change process applies and a change level is not applicable.

The change sponsor, NATS Services Ltd (NSL), is developing an end-to-end scalable solution for the safe integration of uncrewed and crewed operations in the recognized traffic environment established through this temporary airspace change.

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Stage 2 : Develop and Assess

This step has been started

The requirements for Stage 2 will depend on the nature of the change proposal. The size, complexity and duration of the proposal will be taken into consideration when scaling the requirements of this stage. The change sponsor must develop at least one design option and conduct impact assessments for the airspace change proposal. There is no requirement for the change sponsor to conduct the full options development process, design principal evaluation or initial options appraisal.

CAA response to Stage 2

The CAA is satisfied the stage 2 outputs are complete and may proceed to stage 3.

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Documents for this proposal (12 documents)

Timeline Update (331.7kB PDF)

Stage 2 - Timeline Agreement

Date added: 02 June 2026

ACP v1.0 Airspace Change Proposal (2.0MB PDF)

Stage 4 - Final Airspace Change Proposal

Date added: 16 December 2024

Annex A v1.0 Engagement Strategy (214.3kB PDF)

Stage 4 - Engagement Evidence

Date added: 16 December 2024

Annex B v1.0 Engagement Document (1.2MB PDF)

Stage 4 - Engagement Evidence

Date added: 16 December 2024

Annex C v1.0 Engagement Webinar Presentation (719.9kB PDF)

Stage 4 - Engagement Evidence

Date added: 16 December 2024

Annex D v1.0 Engagement Feedback (redacted) (1.6MB PDF)

Stage 4 - Engagement Summary Report

Date added: 16 December 2024

Annex E v1.0 Environmental Impact inc Habitats Reg Assess (698.3kB PDF)

Stage 4 - Environmental Assessment

Date added: 16 December 2024

ACP Timeline Update (209.0kB PDF)

Stage 3 - Timeline Agreement

Date added: 03 December 2024

Assessment Meeting Minutes (Names redacted) (234.5kB PDF)

Stage 1 - Assessment Meeting Outputs

Date added: 26 September 2024

Assessment Meeting Presentation (435.5kB PDF)

Stage 1 - Assessment Meeting Presentation

Date added: 26 September 2024

Statement Of Need V2 (75.0kB PDF)

Stage 1 - Statement of Need

Date added: 30 January 2024

Statement Of Need (75.8kB PDF)

Stage 1 - Statement of Need

Date added: 12 January 2024

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Potentially affected area

This is the area which may be affected by this airspace change depending on its development. This area may change as the proposal is developed.

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