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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. 88
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Dedham)
Regulations 2026
Made - - - - 2nd February 2026
Coming into force - - 5th February 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 3(1) by reason of an intended Royal visit that
is due to take place there.
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) (Dedham)
Regulations 2026 and they come into force on 5th February 2026.
Interpretation
2. In regulation 3(1) the times referred to are Co-ordinated Universal Time(b).
Restricted airspace
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), beginning with 0600 hours and ending with 1500 hours on 5th
February 2026 no unmanned aircraft is to fly below 800 feet above mean sea level within the area
bounded by a circle having a radius of 1.5 nautical miles which is centred at 515728N 0005850E.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any unmanned aircraft flying in accordance with a
permission issued by the Essex Police Service.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Joe Thompson
Senior Executive Officer
2nd February 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) Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose restrictions on the flying of unmanned aircraft in the vicinity of
Dedham, Essex, where a Royal visit is intended to take place on 5th February 2026. At the request
of the Essex Police, the Civil Aviation Authority and the Department for Transport agree that the
flying of unmanned aircraft should be restricted in the vicinity of that visit for reasons of public
safety and security.
The times mentioned in regulation 3(1) are Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) which is the same
as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
In relation to the permission mentioned in regulation 3(2), the Essex Police Service may be
contacted as notified.
Full details of this Statutory Instrument will be promulgated by Briefing Sheet and Notice to
Aviation (NOTAM).
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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