June
Not sure what you mean by 'rumours' about Perth. Do you mean the redevelopments?
My understanding is that the ownership of the field changes at the end of this year. A local property developer who already has a significant stake in the airfield and whos name adorns the side of the old tower will be taking a greater interest, insomuch as 09/27 and 15/33 (the grass rwy) will be withdrawn from use. The grass runway will be used to store caravans and ultimately the eastern side of the field 'developed' into housing and/or units.
03/21 will have a full length taxiway installed. A central grassed area (replacing the current farmland betwixt the three runways) will be made available to the local microlighting fraternity.
This info was obtained firsthand a few weeks ago, albeit from unofficial sources. However there is some resistance from local aviation groups, so plans and timescales may change as a result.
How this affects PPL training remains to be seen and it may not necessarily have any effect at all. Were these the rumours you were alluding to?
HTH
Charley
edit: more on this here (
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=244083) although my understanding was that the central grassed area would only be available to microlights.