Several points.....
While the F35B has turned out to be quieter it still noisier than anything going when hovering, so the (as yet non public) plan was always to triple glaze up to quite a distance from whichever base the ac ended up on.....yes and that included all property in Lossie.......Acts of Parliament etc...though there had been a good management and process precedent set when Tonka moved to Lossie in the early 90s so that certainly added to Lossie's case, as did JMC and LFA actvity/proximity. Still noise not a primary issue now...its F35C or is it...check out new EU environmental regs.......
Seems to me the former SHAR facility at Yeovilton is a good starting point for a much smaller F35 fleet....and much financial and military logic in pushing the Wildcat to Culdrose alongside its Merlin counterpart. There is much space there after all! What SH if any, goes into Yeovilton is also an issue. The future standard CTF would seem to be a sqn of 35s plus and a BH/SH combo...so Yeovilton co-residency has much going for it. Yeovilton also now has excellent residential facilties so not too much investment required to make it right. The SW is a ConDem haven so the politics suggest it should happen too.
Sadly, despite pleasant personal memories, military and financial logic favours the demise of Lossie....but politics is never simple.....suppose it depends on how much of the Army can be accommodated up there.