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S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2026 No. 503
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Carr Gate)
(Restricted Area EGR3U053) Regulations 2026
Made - - - - 12th May 2026
Coming into force - - 14th May 2026
The Secretary of State has decided that it is necessary in the public interest to restrict the flying of
unmanned aircraft in the area specified in regulation 2(1) by reason of the security and public
safety considerations associated with the location there of the National Police Air Service.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by
article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016(a).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Carr Gate)
(Restricted Area EGR3U053) Regulations 2026 and they come into force on 14th May 2026.
Restricted airspace
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no unmanned aircraft is to fly below 1,400 feet above mean sea
level within the area bounded by a circle having a radius of 0.5 of a nautical mile centred at
534238N 0013222W.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any unmanned aircraft—
(a) operated by or on behalf of the National Police Air Service, or
(b) flying in accordance with a permission issued by the National Police Air Service.
Revocation of Regulations
3. The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Carr Gate) (Restricted Zone EG R353)
Regulations 2025(b) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Karen L Michaels
Grade 7
12th May 2026 Department for Transport
(a) S.I. 2016/765, amended by S.I. 2024/990; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
(b) S.I. 2025/167.EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose restrictions on the flying of unmanned aircraft in the vicinity of the
National Police Air Service base at Carr Gate.
The Civil Aviation Authority and the Department for Transport agree that the flying of unmanned
aircraft should be restricted in the vicinity of that location for reasons of security and public safety.
In relation to the permission mentioned in regulation 2(2)(b), the National Police Air Service may
be contacted as notified.
Full details of this statutory instrument will be included in the United Kingdom Aeronautical
Information Publication (AIP). The restricted area has been designated as EGR3U053 for the
purpose of inclusion in the AIP and in related charts and documents.
The point of contact in the Civil Aviation Authority is Mr David Ridley, Airspace Regulator,
Safety and Airspace Regulation Group, on telephone number 03301 382471.
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