FURIOUS villagers are fed up with the deafening sound of planes flying low over their gardens every FOUR minutes.

Residents of the idyllic village Tollerton have spoken out against the window-rattling racket from nearby Nottingham City Airport, a training base for pilots.

The locals complained that the thundering noise of lessons at the flight school interrupt their barbecues on the weekend or shake their houses when they're working from home.

One hypnotherapist even claimed her client was abruptedly awoken from their sleep by a roaring engine over head.

She also said she's been forced to wear noise-cancelling headphones just to sit in her garden on a warm day.

Business tycoon Ian Kershaw, who paid £4 million for a stately home close to the airfield in 2017, says he is now taking legal steps as it’s impossible to host barbecues on his lawns. 

The 52-year-old, who lives at Tollerton Hall with his wife and sons, said: "We are trying to reach a compromise because there is really no need for them to fly directly over the house.  

"It’s not a road up there and they could easily fly over the copious amounts of fields nearby rather than fly circuits which are very invasive. 

"Whenever there is good weather, it becomes unbearable as these are old planes with noisy engines that fly low overhead causing the windows to rattle and it happens on repeat every four minutes."

Ian added: "I have told the director of the airfield that I will take out a noise abatement case if we can’t reach a compromise."

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Nottingham City airport has been used as a training base for pilots and a home for light aircraft since 1936.

The RAF used to use it for training missions, but some locals insist that the noise has become worse recently. 

Matt Chadder, a business owner that lives in Tollerton, told Nottinghamshire Live: "We're right under the flight path where we live, and we've been here for 10 years or so.

"When we moved in, there weren't many planes and it wasn't a problem at all.

"But I've recorded how noisy some planes are, and I've recorded them up to 106 decibels, and there can be a run frequency of one every 90 seconds.

"It's louder than Heathrow, and it's problematic especially as I work from home."

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In comparison, live rock music usually starts at a booming 108 decibels and 110 is the average human pain threshold.

Matt added: "I've thought about moving because it's so horrible, and it's got worse of late. Some people feel helpless."

A 43-year-old hypnotherapist, who has just moved to a detached bungalow in the village, said she was reduced to wearing noise cancelling headphones when she wanted to sit outside. 

The woman, who asked not to be named, said: "I love planes. For 20 years I lived within half a mile of East Midlands Airport so I am not especially sensitive to aircraft noise. 

"We knew about this airfield but we did not anticipate you would have planes flying constantly at about 300 feet above your garden. The noise just pummels you. 

"Everything vibrates and on sunny days it happens every three minutes."

The noise just pummels you.

She added: "I have had online clients who are suddenly shaken from their hypnotic state saying, 'what’s that noise?'. 

"We had no idea it would be this bad and the only way to enjoy the garden is to wear noise cancelling headphones.

"It’s a Catch 22. If the weather is bad, it’s quiet but when it’s sunny and you want to be in your garden it’s terrible.’ 

Brian Wells, a co-director of Nottingham City Airport, was not very sympathetic to the locals' complaints.

He said: "I’m afraid certain people have bought houses without doing due diligence.  

"If you are going to buy next to a motorway, or a football stadium, or an airfield, there are issues you have to factor in and there are a lot more local people who get pleasure out of the airfield than there are people moaning about it. Children love it. 

It's not that simple.

"The owner of Tollerton Hall asked us to stop flying at weekends so he could have barbecues.

"Unfortunately it is the weekend when people have time to learn to fly and we have had people go on from here to fly from East Midlands Airport."

Asked if the flight schools could adjust their circuits to avoid nearby houses, he said: "It’s not that simple. We run to a published circuit pattern, published by the Civil Aviation Authority. 

"They say we fly low but you can fly at whatever height you want when you are taking off and landing and these circuits take about four minutes. 

"When the weather is not good, it’s quiet. We have been here since 1936 and people should take us into account when they move here."

Other local residents were less bothered by the near constant buzz overhead. 

Mark Storry, 76, a retired businessman, said: "My wife and I have been here for 26 years and it’s not too bad at all, certainly not something to make a song and dance about. 

"Occasionally I have rung the airfield to ask if they can tone it down a bit but it was worse when the RAF were training here. Their planes were a lot noisier."

And Karen, 53, a teacher from the village, added: "If you have friends around in the garden on a summer Saturday it can be difficult, but we have been here so long now that it doesn’t really bother me."

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