Major new plan for (in old money) RAF North Luffenham.
http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/major-plan-to-convert-army-base-into-village-1-8171198
"Plans have been revealed to build a village on the site of an Army base which is set for closure in 2021. Rutland County Council and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), part of the Ministry of Defence, are working together to develop a scheme for the future of the land on which St George’s Barracks, at North Luffenham, currently sits it was revealed on Monday. The Army’s 1st Military Working Dogs and 2 Medical Regiment is to leave the 700 acre site within four years as part of the Defence Estate Optimisation strategy (DEO). The DEO aims to save the MoD money by releasing current military land nationally with the potential for 160,000 new homes by 2020.
The land will be developed as a stand alone village and would not be an extension of Edith Weston or North Luffenham. A survey of any minerals on the site which would need to be removed will be carried out too. Leader of the council, Councillor Tony Mathias (Con), said: “This is a wonderful opportunity. “Early discussions between the council and MoD have been extremely positive and have fostered a genuine appetite to work together as part of an innovative new approach. “We are starting now to flesh out the details.” Part of the land, formerly known as RAF North Luffenham, is where PGM-17 Thor Missiles were stored between 1959-63 in the Cold War."