Meteor airframe for auction
 

Just in case its of interest:
https://auctions.ramco.uk/auctions/7958/ramco-10314
Modest opening bid as well.

Looks in reasonably good nick:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....229782ebc7.jpg

Photo from about 10 years ago, just after being repainted from its original grey/dayglo scheme.

A bit more tatty nowadays, per Streetview, but nothing that a quick respray wouldn't fix.

Having followed the thread about WS788's restoration (still ongoing) at Elvington, I have a feeling that there may well be some nastiness underneath the paint....

Subject of an earlier post in 2006
So its been there for 54 years!

I hate to agree but I've spent a lot of time around old aircraft and the cosmetics inevitably cover a nightmare of exfoliated structural forgings. There's no economical solution unfortunately, especially when enthusiastic restorers have gone the wrong way about removing corrosion.

Not looking so good in these two photos taken 2019...

It's unclear who a prospective purchaser might be, but it's safe to assume that whoever buys it doesn't plan to restore it to airworthy condition (I suspect it might actually be engineless).

So the condition of the paintwork and, up to a point, any surface corrosion probably isn't going to make much difference to the price achieved. As alluded to earlier, preserved NF.14s are ten-a-penny in the UK, which might explain why it's taken the RAF so long to get around to disposing of it.

ATC units with their own airframes are becoming increasingly rare - a few years ago, I used to take my grandson to a soft play located next door to Tolworth ATC Squadron in SW London, who had their own Harrier (must have pulled a few strings!). But it has now gone, sold to a collection in the USA.

Back in the mid 1980's, I was on trip to Houston so stopped by the Johnson Space Center which had one of the three remaining Saturn V's on display outside. Being a space nerd, I spent a solid hour checking out the Saturn. When you got up close, the amount and severity of the corrosion apparent under the paint was simply shocking. That was only ~15 years since it had been flight worthy. I shutter to think what aluminum structure would be like after being outside - unmaintained - for over 50 years.
BTW, a few years after I saw that Saturn V, it was restored and moved into an indoor facility where it remains today (although I haven't been back to Houston to see it since). I donated a some money to the fundraising to pay for the restoration.

If it was being sold by the MOD, surely its disposal would be handled by Defence Sales Agency

Evidently not.

The seller/auctioneer is Ramco (see post #1). They sell surplus equipment on behalf of the MoD.

Ramco sell surplus Government stock, as well as commercial disposal of overstock/failed companies inventories.

Might be hard to find some undercarriage if you want it off those steel legs.