DTVAirport
Airports go for £1 these days, so taking that into consideration I'd say Peel paid a fortune!
Apples & Pears - in isolation this has no relevance whatsoever.
As to Peels master plan, what gives this credibility?, & even if it does stand up to scrutiny then there's no guarantee that in being "selective" then Peel will be able to deliver a completely different agenda.
In having complete control over events as already seen i.e. volume of traffic at DTV, then there is scope for Peel to deliver virtually any scenario "within the master plan".
And you go on about conspiracy theorists, Peel themselves are the ones creating an environment for them to thrive !
At the end of the day irrespective as to the price paid, it is under written many times over, by the value of the land acquired that's fact !