Interesting! I've rather got the impression that was, shall we say strongly discouraged in this country - had never (well, almost never) done an OHJ until I moved back here. Special consideration for non-radio aside (really, how many of us are flying non radio?) I'd expect to have a good idea of wind direction (and thus runway), at any point, and a pretty good idea of runways in use etc., long before I get to the airfield.
As for the NIMBY's, I'm slightly puzzled as to why an aircraft making an approach should bother them - departing I understand, but noise footprint should be minimal on descent/approach, surely?