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Old 25th Jan 2023, 20:49
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Originally Posted by davidjpowell
They will get their change of use before then. 2 years distant airport will be gone with no prospect of it coming back. Peel will then start campaigning for reallocation. Because it's previously developed land capable of providing homes and hosting employment businesses. Council may try and resist, but it’s hard to see by then how they can maintain it should only be used as aviation land (with no airport or use). Throw in some expensive court work and specialist planning Counsel, it’s only going one way.
Unless Peel do sell it to someone who knows how to operate airports. It’s the only way the place will reopen now. With the flogging off of equipment though, it seems highly unlikely to be heading that way.

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