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DSASPOTTER
The Mayors of Doncaster and South Yorkshire and the city’s three MPs have given the latest update on efforts to secure the future of Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA). Substantial preparations and background work continues to take place as part of the potential acquisition of the airport through a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO), if no sale is forthcoming. As part of the CPO process, this week (w/c 13th March) City of Doncaster Council will be engaging with local landowners and occupiers in and around the potential development area. This is known as land referencing and will map out what land is owned or occupied by whom so landowners and occupiers can be contacted with further details about any future project so they are able to comment on any proposals. This would also include what the CPO could cover and how the proposed site could be designed. The process would mean that those potentially affected would be contacted to discuss any land rights required by the council for the project. In addition to land referencing, engagement continues with Peel and other parties around the potential for a negotiated sale of DSA. In a joint statement Mayors Ros Jones (City of Doncaster Council) and Oliver Coppard (South Yorkshire) and three Doncaster MPs (Rt. Hon. Dame Rosie Winterton MP, Rt.Hon. Ed Miliband MP and Nick Fletcher MP) said: “As Mayors and MPs, we are collectively working to save our airport. We all want to see our airport reopen, secure the future of aviation in Doncaster and support the economy of Doncaster and South Yorkshire. “As part of these efforts, the City of Doncaster Council is leading work to secure a CPO for the airport site. A CPO is a complex and often lengthy process taking up to two years. “The sensitive nature of this activity means much of the work must happen behind the scenes and we support the measures that are being put in place. “Of course we would rather Peel does the right thing and sell the airport to an interested party. “We will continue to work together where this does not prejudice the CPO process. “We will of course keep the public and business community updated on progress as and when we can.”
In other words, nothing to report. Looks like this was constructed before the recent Peel statement. Note again that Ros Jones os referring to previous statements that ‘interested parties’ may wait until a CPO is completed before purchasing the airport, so read that as there are no active private discussions between Peel and any private sector investor with regards purchasing the airport. This as confirmed by Peel and by DSAmole on here.
Still awaiting this feasibility/viability study that DMBC must have carried out by this point. A CPO is a public undertaking, and as such there should be very little ‘commercial sensitivity’ in the sense that public money is presumably being used to fund it. There is no provision for it in their (DMBC) 2023 budget, so where is the money coming from?