I smell a 'financial rat' here. It seems that grant money would be forthcoming that would have enhanced the Airport side of things but in fact they are reducing the aviation element and basically turning the location into an industrial estate. The improvement of a hard runway does not change the use of the location as its 'use' is well established, and it merely means that the site will not get 'waterlogged out' in the winter. I suspect that having been promised a shed load of money someone is looking to 'direct it' towards something with more profit for them and the aviation improvements will fade away. Someone should complain to the LEP to ensure that the grant is not being misdirected by using external 'aviation issues' as the excuse.