I’ve lived “Between the Commons” (at Battersea Rise end) for 12 years now. I’ve never known the plane noise to be as intrusive as over last few months. There seem to be a lot more low-flying louder planes than before. Heathrow Airport is about 12 miles from SW11 so I don’t understand why they have to fly so low at this distance from the airport. Even with windows closed, and double glazing, we continually hear plane noise inside the house from 6am to as late as midnight. I don’t think it is a “First World” problem at all. We work from home so get no respite. 

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I havent heard them at all thus spring/summer...I leave my window open from 1st May until 1st September and it's these past days when I've heard them at nightm through the night and morning
perhaps it's summer time and more flights are booked...but sometimes it's really uncomfortable and people wonder how we can hear them....I just think Heathrow neighbours, gatwick neighbours etc suffer more stress than us...it's clinically proven...but hey we can share our questions, problems etc and feel slightly better!
I'm writing while hearing the planes and I suffer headaches for constant noise whether continuous in time or with a certain frequence....

I am about to go mad

I didn’t notice any of this noise until you all started

I am going crazy. All I hear is airplanes

I have had CBT

I wear big headphones all day and earplugs at night

Now I cannot stand it

I am about to move out to the outer Hebrides

We haven't noticed any difference in the past few years (Wandsworth Common, sw17). Obviously we hear and see the planes distantly on their way to Heathrow but not noisy enough to bother us. 

(btw, very annoying and unnecessary to preface a comment with, "sorry, but first world problem..."!!) 
 

I live in the Nightingale Triangle, and haven't noticed any increase in the aeroplane noise, despite keeping windows open pretty much all the time during the day over this summer.

Could be the flight paths are more North (towards Clapham Junction, so affecting the between the commons and Northcote Road more?)

I do notice that when I'm out at Clapham Common or at Northcote Road that I do hear the planes, but had put it down to being outdoors instead of indoors.

Remember that many of us use Heathrow for holiday flights so we need the airport !

I agree we're finding we can't hear one another when we speak! The council are encouraging people to complain using this quick form: https://www.heathrow.com/noise/what-you ... bout-noise
 

anything we can do? I know there is a consultation site for the new runway for Heathrow and you can complain but I guess that won’t change much...

If anyone knows more about effective complaints please let me know I would like to support it? Maybe with local councillors?

Also the noise starts way earlier than it should or used to be...

My husband and I were saying this just yesterday! We’ve lived round the corner from Clapham South tube for 5 years and have noticed the frequency of planes and noise has increased tenfold since we moved in. It drives me mad! Sadly we have double glazing and can still here it loud and clear round the clock. I don’t know why it is, we wondered if the flight path had been changed or something?

I think it has been pretty bad recently too but I have got a lot more windows open at the moment so am putting it down to that.

Thank you sooo much

I didn’t notice that noise one bit

Now I read your post, I cant stop hearing it

When I wake up

In my sleep

Walking my dog

Walking my other dog in the common. Errrr. I mean walking with my husband

In the kitchen

In my basement

In my swimming pool In my basement

Driving me mad

Whirr whirr whirr

Who was it who supported a second runway again? Boris ?

Hi, I know it's a first world problem and all that, is it just me, or is the aeroplane noise unbearable currently between the commons? It seems to go on all day and night (or at least from early hours of morning).

Any thoughts on why it's suddenly so bad? Has it always been so bad? Is the solution to get double glazing and aircon in the house, as otherwise we have our windows open?

We bought our house 6 years ago with a view that we will stay here forever (or as near to it as we can manage ) but we are seriously considering leaving the area...

Many thanks,
M