Hi Pop, You are not alone! Like you, and many others, I have noticed a huge increase in aircraft noise locally over the last few years. Forgive me if I repeat anything from previous posts, but I personally am hopeful that we can find a voice on the issue, so if anyone has any pointers, please share them. This is an interesting article on the airportwatch site. http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/2016/02/changes-brought-in-by-nats-on-february-4th-means-new-noise-ghettos-in-east-london/ There's a fair amount going on on the HACAN site, some of which is relevant to our area. Check the Blog. http://hacan.org.uk HACAN released this initial study a few years back, when the authorities began looking into changing the London flight paths: http://www.hacan.org.uk/resources/briefings/hacan.briefing.no.longer.wl.problem.pdf 38degrees have been on the case. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fair-flights-paths-for-heathrow?source=facebook-share-button&time=1454522481 http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/2016/06/hacan-east-meets-caa-to-thrash-out-noise-problems-caused-by-newly-concentrated-routes/ There have been changes to flight paths relatively recently, so logic would dictate that given sufficient voice, an issue could be raised to encourage the CAA to look at changing flight corridors again. These days, the noise often starts at 4:30, where I believe regulations used to prevent night flights coming over before 6:00 am This seems to me a very valid issue, especially when consultations for UK airport expansion are still open. Flight paths have been adjusted before, so logic dictates that they could possible be altered again! Anyone interested in getting their voices heard on this issue?
