Please note that many of the airspace change proposal reference numbers below have been amended to ensure that they are aligned with those which are automatically generated by our Airspace Change Proposal Project Tracker (December 2017).

On 21 May 2019 it was announced that Mark Swan, the CAA's Group Director of Safety and Airspace, will leave the CAA later in 2019 to lead the newly established Airspace Coordination Organising Group (ACOG).  At the request of the Secretary of State for Transport and the CAA,  ACOG has been established by NATS En-route plc (NERL) to create a single co-ordinated implementation plan for airspace change, initially over the South-East of England. 

Proposals to change airspace design and (shortly) some ATC operational procedures (“PPRs”) decisions are made by the CAA.  In practice, CAA employees are authorised by the CAA Board to make decisions as published in CAP 1616.  Level 1 airspace design change decisions can be made either by the CAA's Group Director of Safety and Airspace or the Head Airspace, Air Traffic Management and Aerodromes, Jon Round.  Mark Swan will no longer participate in the decision-making process for these decisions which will solely be taken by Jon Round, the Head Airspace, Air Traffic Management and Aerodromes on behalf of the CAA, following the process set out in CAP 1616.  Once Mark Swan’s replacement as Group Director of Safety and Airspace has taken up their position, decisions will again be taken either by Group Director of Safety and Airspace or Head Airspace, Air Traffic Management and Aerodromes.  

Ongoing airspace change proposals

Regulatory decisions made 2012 - 2016

Regulatory decisions made before 2012