You must live in one of the lucky parts. I went down to the planning meeting and some of the stories people told where dreadful.Did you manage to get the free insulation from the airport?
I live on the Isle of Dogs so I have LCY departures and LHR Westerlies screaming round the corner at Canary Wharf on base leg and I know which is more annoying. I would love to know where the people demanding money to insulate themselves from those noisy 146s live. The approach on finals on both ends is pretty clear of residential property so that leaves Canning Town and Stratford departures, and noise is the least of your worries if you live there.
Some laws are wrong and stupid, it takes an intelligent man to tell the deifference.
Imagine people picked and choose what they want to abide by or not.
I generally do as the morals my mother taught me beat Labours unprecedented amount of legislation and job creation hands down.