Not wishing to sound like a knocker of Sywell cos they were very friendly when I visited them a while back, I read on the PFA BB that Sywell Airfield was one of two, yes only two, objectors to a farmer in the area applying for planning permission to open an airstrip.
If the said strip was to be under their circuit or in their very immediate area I can understand it. If this wasn't the case then it does sound a bir protectionist.......
The strip I fly from is directly under the approach to LTN. They don't seem to mind.......