As I understand it:
a) The Airport had long standing planning permission for a passenger terminal on Siskin Drive. This had been renewed but was not renewed due to the airport's plan to put forward a detailed application.
b) It's in the county's transport policy as being the regional centre for air transport, and the policy also sets aside land for passenger purposes.
c) Warwick DC seem to have refused to speak to the airport -- and they Bodged the original planning application by not including a scoping report until AFTER the airport had produced its EIA.
d) The Airport had a passenger terminal at the Baginton side of the airport -- this was demolished as part of a long standing agreement over the construction of a new passenger terminal.
e) The assessment of Toll Bar end roundabout *does* take into account increasing passenger numbers at the airport.
f) The Council seemed unable to actually do their research and dismiss the lies the campaigners were spreading.
g) The White Paper actually *supports* the development of Coventry.
This is a mess that is probably going to get messier; and in the meantime, the chances of a proper terminal for the airport seem to be a distant event.