Campaigners are calling on City Airport to rethink its flight paths to stop residents being “battered” by noise pollution.

Neighbours were dealt with a blow after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recommended the paths stay where they are this week, despite a long-fought protest.

In 2016, the airport decided to make paths more concentrated, so they were going through one part of London as opposed to the whole city.

But the change in flight paths means residents in Leyton, Leytonstone and Wanstead had to suffer from more noise caused by an increased number of planes flying over their homes.

John Stewart, chairman of HACAN, a group campaigning to reduce air pollution from London airports on behalf of residents in Leyton, Leytonstone and Wanstead, is making a last-ditch attempt.

He said: “Residents in the area feel battered by the aircraft noise.

“It has turned some people’s live upside down. Residents say the noise is constant, like a noise shadow they can never get rid of, they go home, and they can’t escape.”

On a weekdays flights from the airport begin at 6.30am and finish at 10.30pm.

On Saturdays flights begin at 6.30am and stop at 1pm, while on Sundays flights begin at 12.30pm and finish at 10.30pm.

Mr Stewart estimates a plane from the airport every two minutes flying over Leyton, Leytonstone and Wanstead.

He says the consultation about the flight path changes by City Airport in 2016 was “disgraceful” and contained only one “technical” document which was hard for residents to understand.

Mr Stewart added: “We are not going to give up and we really want them to think again, think about the concentrated flight paths and the real damage they are doing to people’s lives.

“We are planning to get a meeting of all the opponents of the flights paths and see from there what we can do.”

A spokesperson for London City Airport said: “The arrival and departure routes introduced in January 2016 are an important first step in the London Airspace Management Programme, the changes for which have resulted in 1.2 million fewer people living under arriving aircraft.

“Once fully implemented, these changes will modernise airspace, create significant benefits for passengers and communities, and deliver CO2 savings and reduction in fuel burn.”