The decision to allow the change goes against the council’s own planning policy, which states that all economic activity within the airport’s grounds should be connected to the operation of the airport.
Planning officer David Coates told members that if the application had been for a permanent change he would have advised them to reject it, but that a three-year temporary change was acceptable while the airport worked to increase passenger numbers.
Just noticed this para - was the planning permission for the south side restricted to aviation related activity. Useful precedent...