http://www.pprune.org/atc-issues/127...aerodrome.html
I found a good link on the subject of cloudbreaks (above) - i would imagine much of this could also be of interest to the OP.
EMA was East Mids (EGNX) but only for examples sake.
I get the impression that this may have been considered an acceptable procedure in the past, but now seems to be somewhat frowned upon by airports at least if not by pilots.
I wonder if this is truly the reason, or this type of approach is becoming out of favour due to the increased use of GPS and unpublished approaches/cloudbreaks in the open FIR?