Maybe somebody sensible will buy the airport. Run it for GA types, maybe turn it into an airpark...That way, the local council will benefit by collecting council tax as well.... Run it along the lines of a French municipal airport maybe?????
Start by reducing the landing fees, sacking the ATC staff and getting an A/G operator. Then get rid of the parking meters. Then get rid of al the non-aviation businesses and lease their hangers to aircraft owners at a sensible rate. Rename it Shoreham (Mike Chapman) Aerodrome. Have an annual air display but with vintage aeroplanes only.
We can but dream........................
It's all been downhill since they put in a hard runway