Chilli monster - you are of course correct in quoting the 1500ft bit from the aerodrome services section of MP1, but so, you could argue is TATC. So sitting in a tower in class D airspace and faced with my cherokee scenario which bit of MP1 do you turn to, as one part says he can go VFR and the other says he can't! I would guess if you raised the point with other ATCO'S and/or LCE'S you might get quite a few different answers, slightly off the original posting but worth debating I think