Nut - the Great British Public only see a large open area with a few aircraft wandering around every so often - and no-one likes commuting
TBH I could see the Council weighing 4000 jobs or so and saying "we can get 10,000 new jobs and a load of houses on that site" - on your way
Even more worrying is to look at the Marshall Group website - it lists their Property division as second to their Aerospace division...............