This has gone on for several years. It is astounding the degree to which some locals will pull out the stops to prevent what essentially was a lawful use. The only reason why planning came up at all was the relocation by the operator due to serious bad blood between him and a family member who owned the old airfield. The campaign really became bery personal and vindictive.
There is still a judicial review pending against refusal of the council to take enforcement action when the temporary planning consent ran out. I am not clear what benefit this application will have now that permission has been granted. There is a lot of money being thrown at efforts to close the airfield.