Is the Luton example that great, I thought I'd read on the LTN thread that development there is somewhat blighted because of the uncertainty as the end of the lease approaches?
And what makes the land at DTVA so precious if there is no airport - as I've stated before, is Teesside short of brownfield development sites? I would have thought any developer would prefer to have the airport there as a lever to use with the LA's in terms of getting planning permission etc etc ('We need to develop the land to subsidise the loss making airport')