I would have thought that the obvious place for Willis is the South Side where possibly the remains of Ruhr Express are buried, in regards to noise and housing, the Airfield has been there since WW2, if you don't like aircraft or the noise they make you don't buy a house near an Airfield.
I find it very annoying that the old Airfield at Croft has been used for racing cars and motorcycles since the 40's/ 50's and you have people buying houses in the area complaining about noise making it difficult for the Owners to make the venue viable, the house owners are usually the same people that used to go to the old Football Stadiums at Darlington and Middlesbrough and cause traffic, parking problems and noise pollution for the residents.