It looks as if the RAF have made the mistake the Met Police did at Lippitts Hill a decade ago. Walking backwards in the face of criticism.
They moved to Lippitts in 1960 because it was quietish and remote.... started with helicopters and guns in the late 1960s and moved in their helicopters full time from 1976.... All this time they were next door to the RSAF firearms factory at Enfield [wall to wall machine guns and explosions from Napolionic times until 1988...] and to add to the mix they kept police dogs and horses on site. The horses were 'resting'......... certainly not nervous ... in the field next to the helipad.
Then they started listening to the neighbours just as the RSAF was closed down leaving them as the only noise nuisance left.
The upshot is that the neighbours with their horses have forced out all the guns to Kent leaving the helicopters alone on the site to fly a strict flight path in and out and a resolve to leave.....
By chance the Metropltan Police Air Support Unit celebrate their 25th this year [25 since the current unit was formulated, 29 years on site]