Not to derail the conversation onto council tax but at 850 houses at between 1000-2000 per year council tax (as a ballpark figure) is anywhere from 850K GBP to 1.7mn plus whatever the tax is from the commercial property taxes and out of that they need to pay for road maintenance, street lighting costs, infrastructure and public services costs i can't imagine they are going to reap or coin in loads from this - plus will people migrate from within that councils boundaries i.e what will be the net gain to the area on population, the developers and central government are the bigger winners here. More worryingly is the proximity to DTV to bring it back on topic, that said other busier airports in the UK have more housing close to the airfield like Heathrow, London city, Gatwick to name a few.
Last edited by uklad007; 30th May 2012 at 18:47.