A resident said she could be driven from her home in a picture-postcard Midland village after extra night flights were approved at Birmingham Airport.

Hampton-in-Arden is mentioned in the Domesday Book and has been named one of the best places in the West Midlands to live.

But now well-heeled residents in the village, where homes sell for an average of nearly £460,000, face more overnight noise from the airport, which is less than four miles away.

Solihull Council granted permission for more flights last week despite widespread objections to its plan, which will see  an increase from five per cent to 7.3 per cent in planes arriving or leaving between 11.30pm and 6am, thought to average about 21 flights a night.

And one resident told the Local Democracy Reporting Service the decision may force them out.

They said: "Hampton is such a lovely place to live.

"If you are going on holiday it is good to have the airport close. But it was a waste of time complaining (about night flights).

"The other night I was watching the television and could hear the planes. If it gets too much I'll move.It seems it is because the flight path has changed and more planes are on the edge of it (above the village).

"I don't know if it (being more louder) is because since Covid there are more smaller and older planes – which are noiser."

One of those who spoke at the decisive planning meeting was Hampton-in-Arden parish councillor David Sandells who said villagers' sleep was being disrupted by the noise of flights.

The Belle Vue Terrace resident, who has lived in the village for 12 years, told us: "There is a noisy plane I hear at 6.30 in the morning, I think it is the first flight out.

"I'm not looking forward to it (more flights).

"In the summer if you are sitting in the garden and talking you have to stop. I don't think they have thought about the residents.

"I won't be happy if there are ones at 4am." But another resident living in the road said: "We have got used to it.

"I don't hear it at night, you sleep through it." A Marsh Lane resident said: "I can't remember being woken up by a plane but then it is all double glazing here.

"In summer you hear it more, they are going out every two minutes.

"I objected to it on the grounds that residents hear enough of the planes during the day, particularly in the summer.

"I've mixed feelings as the airport is a useful asset, it's nice to have it here. There were a lot of objections but I think it was a bit of a fait accompli, which is sad."

A Crocketts Court resident said: "I have been here 20 years, the noise doesn't really bother me. You get used to it.

"We are only a little village. It is a bit mean (to have more flights) but what can I do about it?

"I do notice there are a few more night time flights now." 

The airport has said the change is needed due to its growth post-pandemic and fears the borough and wider West Midlands could lose out on millions of pounds.

Permission was granted at the meeting after seven planning committee members voted for it with two against.