What exactly is "on message" here?
Surrey is actually reasonably well-endowed with aviation facilities, especially when you widen the borders by a short distance and include Biggin, Farnborough, LGW and Blackbushe. Then Popham and Lasham really are not far.
The only closed facility which is ever likely to reopen is Dunsfold, and it is excluded from the blanket ban.
Reopening Wisley would actually make things quite difficult, and unnecessary, unless Fairoaks were closed (couldn't happen to a nicer Mann
).
You don't mention Kenley, I know that it was threatened, but that doesn't seem to be part of the plan.
Farm strips to be assessed on environmental grounds? Seems reasonable.
So what exactly is the problem with the plan?
Incidentally, I used to be based at Fairoaks until they made it very plain that they no longer wanted the vast amount of money I was giving them, and have moved to Biggin, so this is all close to my heart!
I would rather put my effort into opening a proper GA airfield near Manchester than worrying about facilities in Surrey.
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