I always thought that Shoreham would make a nice airpark. As soon as the current owners have made a total hash of it and attempt to sell it on, one could get round the current planning conditions by keeping the runway, but also fill the grass bits with 1000s of houses & personal hangars. That way, the new owners could charge pilot's to use the runway, as well as the local council charging residents council tax for the houses. South Coast, great location.Brilliant!!
But because of the ridiculous planning laws in the UK, there's about as much chance of seeing a succesful airpark here as seeing a Lib Dem government in power
I realise the USA is a whole lot bigger than the UK, but Airparks are a way of life, and there doesn't appear to be much opposition to them. Just mention the word aeroplane here, and the local huggies thinks there's a major international airport being built.