We have fought two wind farms close to airfields in Lincolnshire. We won the first and are awaiting the outcome of the public inquiry into the second.
Aviation safety is a priority and when the planners realise that they have a responsibility it tends to concentrate their minds a little.
Safeguarding helps a little but there is no official safeguarding for small airfields.
Dont expect any help from the MOD even if you are in a low flying area. I have tried on numerous occasions to talk to various MOD bodies and the usual response is silence.
We generated over 400 letters of objection to the second project. These are very important as if there is insufficient opposition the application can be dealt with under delegated powers and that means it is dealt with in a back office and never goes to planning committee.
I concur with XRAYALPHA Mr Smith should put some contact details on here soonest.
It looks as if he has until the 19th to put a case together and to generate objections.
Not long.
You can object "ONLINE" via the link above to this application, in general terms, referencing aviation safety. Really the airfield owner needs to put more information out so that more specific objections can be made.
I would also recommend a look at the website WINDBYTE
http://www.windbyte.co.uk/northumberland.html
which deals with wind turbine development in the North East.