Unlicensed Airfield - responsibilities of owner?
Dear all - first post here so please forgive any unintentional posting errors.
I am hoping to exchange contracts on a house which includes an unlicensed airstrip which has been used very infrequently (according to the current owners).
Bizarrely they (and their lawyers) are not able to give us any real sense of the legal framework around unlicensed fields.
What responsibilities does the owner have to maintain them?
Do they need to have specialist insurance?
If an a/c wanted to land and could not gain permission via a telephone call etc does the presence of the strip give any specific right to enter?
Is there a process to decommission such an airfield & remove it from the online databases if necessary?
I am sorry to ask so many questions but I would be very grateful if anyone could give me some guidance and/or point me to a resource that would give me chapter & verse.
Thanks again!
W