Non frangible fencing Kenley
ARC The problem is that the 'proposed' fence is anything but frangible, and certainly NOT glider (or occupants) friendly in the case of impact.
The other point is the fence could go yards 'away' from the peri-track thereby increasing the usable run off, undershoot, overshoot situation, and also having the added benefit of not despoiling (bore holes, fence, multiple signs, gates, wire netting) on what is already a designated heritage area that is in its original condition as of 1940. As I stated to Historic England this proposal is akin to having a fence at Stonehenge that utilised the stones as part of it !!!!,and would change the open historic character of the location (reduce the operational area) plus entail more damage than the Aug 18th (1940) low level Dornier raid. Apart from a very long term association with the Air Cadets (poss the oldest Gliding School on its original site) we also have it situated on an actual battlefield that held the line in 1940. We may have 'lost the plot' re how to organise Cadet Glider training, but we should not throw away the very history that this location still preserves.
Historic England acknowledge that Kenley is the most complete and original Battle of Britain airfield existing (their words not mine) one would have thought the RAF could at least do their best to preserve that situation.