DB6:
Not sure that is the reason for the NOTAM, as the one local to me (Leuchars) ends tonight, but flying around Dundee yesterday there was bugger all activity from Leuchars - indeed it was closed - and ATC at Dundee confirmed nothing was happening. So yes, most NOTAMs are bollocks. The problem is the important ones are very important but hidden in amongst all the crap.
It was ever thus. NOTAMs are about planned activity. It doesn't mean it will happen. The NOTAMs in question were clearly a standard issue which may not have been able to account for local variations. That's true of all NOTAMs. Doesn't mean they should be ignored. Just that you have to accept that when you read the NOTAMs only a few - if any - will apply to your particular flight. Like I say, it was ever thus. But as gpn01 says, this one rather smacks of a misguided a**e-covering exercise.
NS