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Responding to the UK Drone Consultation Response

Written by Aviation Advocacy on . Posted in Air traffic management, Drones and UAVs, Safety, Unmanned aircraft system Traffic Management, UTM

In late July the UK government announced that all drones over 250g would have to be registered by their owners.  This new rule was part of a response to a Department for Transport public consultation that was issued last winter. The consultation, entitled “Unlocking the UK’s High Tech Economy:  Consultation on the Safe Use of drones in the UK”, focused on three main priorities:  stimulating drone innovation and enterprise; ensuring safe operation within the law; and, laying the foundation for a developed drone market. Using these priorities as guidelines, nine proposed rule changes have been set out, ranging across drone testing, no fly zones, and registration.  Whilst the decision to introduce registration came as no surprise, it was nevertheless an outlier when compared to the other proposals in the consultation. For the most part, the government’s response follows the consensus of the 678 replies they received; or in the case of the contentious decisions, the responses did that classic public servant move of postponement.  However, this was not the case with proposed rule on registration.

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