So, the Stadium scheme has been axed. Good. The Council spent a goodly sum of taxpayers' money on feasibility studies without a mandate, and were prepared to sell some "family silver" to further finance this scheme, again without a mandate. Heads should roll.
Now, with such a result and demonstration of local feeling, the Council should research ways of supporting the Air Park in its endeavours in such difficult times, and not go on increasing rates etc until the whole thing grinds to a halt.
Do the Stadium people have right of appeal I wonder?
Congratulations to the opposers of the Scheme, and congratulations to the Gliding fraternity who will now be able to continue as before.
Now just get rid of the helicopters, and we will have the UK's longest-running example of gliding and power fixed-wing operating in close harmony in the country, restoring WAP to something the locals can easily live with.
Just hope the alternative's implications are not lost on the locals.
But to be fair, the helicopters, long term, really have to go, for their sakes.