Say again slowly,
This illustrates my point exactly! Earls Colne has been there for donkeys years, I landed there when it was just a farm strip on the old USAAF airfield owned by Eric Hobbs (I think that was his name). I got the impression that all the local opposition had been sorted out, but now the airfield is planning to expand again, and it all starts up again.
Crowfield, and Elmsett are others that spring to mind. They start as private strips and the locals just tolerate them. Next thing they know, they have mini-Heathrow's (Or so they think!)on their doorstep and they start the ban flying and anti-airfield lobby up.
I always thought Earls Colne lost its atmosphere when they moved the clubhouse to the western end, and built that monstrosity of a golf club on the airfield. O happy days when Sue was manning the radio......(Or should that be womanning?)
Less is more.............