Not quite right. It's accepted the Leeds/Bradford/Huddersfield/Wakefield conurbation obviously merits an airfield with good services, but Yeadon is way out on a limb, and even when developed, it is not going to serve the needs of the whole area. You can say 'well that is where it is....tough!', but it doesn't have to be Yeadon that does the job. But now so much money is riding on the place it is taking on a commercial life of its own, so an unsuitable facility will suck up all that investment and not serve the southern areas, inc Barnsley, and to a small extent Sheffield, at all well.
We are banned down south from ever having any more shopping centres like there are at Meadowhall, Sheffield, because the public actually likes to get in its cars and dare to drive to them. So we have Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, and Bluewater, East London.......and er....that's it. Can you see the objection about Yeadon when the only way to get there is by car, on poor road links, and they're going to grow the place? It's out of town, out in the sticks, a long drive for everybody, esp from the southern part of the area it's supposed to serve, and nobody can call it an acceptable 'green' option. I'm merely trying to express an opinion that good money shouldn't be thrown after bad. Go on, fry me!