Fate of RAF Scampton
Substandard accommodation?
Notwithstanding the rights/wrongs of housing asylum seekers, and the influx of Portacabin type units to Scampton (despite the Council imposing a 'stop work' notice [which was simply ignored by the Home Office,]) it appears that some of the permanent accommodation blocks have been subject to refurbishment-type works since the RAF vacated the site. This work appears to have been lost in the media noise surrounding Scampton, and thus my question is: How can the RAF vacate the site one day, and very soon after, refurbishment of accommodation blocks takes place? That suggests to me that the service personnel who occupied those buildings were living (and working) in substandard accommodation - surely if it's good enough for service personnel to live in, then it should be good enough for asylum seekers too?
BTW Bob, it's Sir Edward Leigh, not Richard
BTW Bob, it's Sir Edward Leigh, not Richard
Last edited by Trumpet trousers; 6th Dec 2023 at 19:54. Reason: correcting Bob
Notwithstanding the rights/wrongs of housing asylum seekers, and the influx of Portacabin type units to Scampton (despite the Council imposing a 'stop work' notice [which was simply ignored by the Home Office,]) it appears that some of the permanent accommodation blocks have been subject to refurbishment-type works since the RAF vacated the site. This work appears to have been lost in the media noise surrounding Scampton, and thus my question is: How can the RAF vacate the site one day, and very soon after, refurbishment of accommodation blocks takes place? That suggests to me that the service personnel who occupied those buildings were living (and working) in substandard accommodation - surely if it's good enough for service personnel to live in, then it should be good enough for asylum seekers too?
BTW Bob, it's Sir Edward Leigh, not Richard
BTW Bob, it's Sir Edward Leigh, not Richard
Notwithstanding the rights/wrongs of housing asylum seekers, and the influx of Portacabin type units to Scampton (despite the Council imposing a 'stop work' notice [which was simply ignored by the Home Office,]) it appears that some of the permanent accommodation blocks have been subject to refurbishment-type works since the RAF vacated the site. This work appears to have been lost in the media noise surrounding Scampton, and thus my question is: How can the RAF vacate the site one day, and very soon after, refurbishment of accommodation blocks takes place? That suggests to me that the service personnel who occupied those buildings were living (and working) in substandard accommodation - surely if it's good enough for service personnel to live in, then it should be good enough for asylum seekers too?
BTW Bob, it's Sir Edward Leigh, not Richard
BTW Bob, it's Sir Edward Leigh, not Richard
Just curious, but driving past RAF Scampton this last summer I noticed what appeared to be a couple of 'shrink-wrapped' airframes on the airfield. Does anybody know if any airframes are stored there?
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Still there as of 10 days ago - and one is definitely a F-4
Edit: Still there Sun 10 Dec 23.....
Edit: Still there Sun 10 Dec 23.....
Last edited by Downwind.Maddl-Land; 10th Dec 2023 at 08:52.
Many thanks! It was too brief a glimpse to identify anything other than 'multiple shrink-wrapped military types'. Needed to keep my eyes on the road as well of course.
