Development:- Deenthorpe airfield Northants?

Crissy,
If you want to see what happens when aviation moves out you could do worse than take a look around Fradley (north of Lichfield on A38)
Fradley village was tiny but now has 4000 houses with lots of commuters travelling into Brum.
The airfield site has numerous operators of HGVs and storage units which have generated thousands of HGV movements every day many into the country lanes as they dont all exit direct onto A38.
There are also vehicle dismantlers, a go-cart track, and Curborough motor sprint circuit which generates far more noise than any light aircraft operation

Unfortunately Damien we all have a cross to bare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Corby and their Council are a sad reflection of the people that live there!

Deenethorpe is however 5 miles away, but at the rate they are developing, nowhere is safe, so watch out.

If you are at all concerned about the location just remember that one day you will want to sell and you are going to seriously deplete your market.
If you like aircraft all well and good but there are THOUSANDS who don’t.
No matter how nice the local area is a developed airfield is not a good thing to many folks.

in fact it would be nice to see them. I have been told hat said company also operate government contracts moving frieght which is more of a concern

Classic Flight is arm of Air Atlantique and it is just the Classic Flight that are engaged in a feasibility study regarding a move to Deenethorpe.

Air Atlantique themselves run a small outfit divided into two keys areas, 1. passenger services on a small number of ATR turboprops. The same is true for their Highland Airways operation. 2. Marine and Coastguard Agency work utilising light piston and turboprop twins. In both cases they would stay at Coventry. One reason why is that Coventry offers instrument capability, i.e. reduced weather conditions. This is something Deenethorpe do not have.

Air Atlantique perform very little in the way of freight work. They did have a cargo arm, Atlantic Airways, but this is now independent from the old parent company and again having no operational connection with the parent company, will stay at Coventry again.

I believe Classic Flight are considering the move because they will have access to more space, which is limited at Coventry.

http://www.airatlantique.co.uk/

Well its not going to be another Stansted Chrissy if thats what you are worrying about. The other posters have a valid point about if you dont like aircraft dont buy a house near an airfield. You have got to bear in mind most of the people in this forum ARE pilots and have to bend over backwards to avoid upsetting people who complain and try to get airfields closed down. That is why some of the replies are a bit blunt.

The most noisy thing you are likely to get at Deenthorpe are small business jets like Cessna Citations. If the idea of these bothers you, drive up to Gamston airfield in Notts and spend a day around there and you will get an idea of the sort of noise levels you can expect. That said, biz jet flights will be a rarity and most traffic would be light piston engined types, the noise of which would drowned out by your neighbours lawn mower!

If its loud noisy regular traffic you’re worried about then you have nothing to worry about. If its planes in general…..see above posts! 😉 Good luck with the purchase though.

HI All,

Sorry for my outburst it’s just I am not sure what the impact will be? If it was just purely the historic aircraft I would not be bothered, in fact it would be nice to see them. I have been told hat said company also operate government contracts moving frieght which is more of a concern. Can anyone give me any idea of the operating hours of similar airfields? All I am after is any information or if anyone knows any more info.

Thanks,

Christian

Seems like a bit of a no-brainer to me.

If I didn’t like the idea of being near a runway I doubt I’d move to somewhere there is already an airfield.

But Crissy, despite your outburst, can I suggest that what was being said to you is that once airfields close, some of the options for what is then a brownfield site are considerably less appealing than the occasional light aircraft.

The people around Upper Heyford now have car transporters rumbling down the access roads day and night, composting centres also seem to be avid collectors of old dromes.

Then there’s incinerators.

I don’t think there is any danger of Deenthorpe turning into the low cost carriers next destination for their 737s. Light aircraft are slowly getting quieter and less intrusive. Microlights and jump schools can be a lot more irritating.

But on balance I’d suggest – look elsewhere.

Moggy

You and I DB can take our “home” airfields and cite an example each where those who seem to recently move in, spend time on trying to close the local airfield down. So you make a fair point. If you don’t like thought of any aircraft, perhaps somewhere else would be nicer?

Back to my original point, many ex-airfields have been developed to the point where the impact has been far greater than continued use for light aviation. Most rural airfields by definition remain rural and so with such status serve to protect the environs in which they exist. My first ever airfeld is still farmed alive with birds and hares, whilst my most recent supports game cover and deer.

What then is currently at Deenethorpe, how does it impact the community and environment, and given the supposed proposed development to a light GA airfield with perhaps a flying musuem, what conclusions would you draw playing devils advocate (or planning officer) from your impact assessment?

If you buy a house at Deenthorpe then you are gona be at the end of a runway, and as DB said its been there a bl**dy long time and is still in use 😉

See http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=62875

I rather think a small development involving a few aircraft would be far more desirable than

…a mass housing estate

…or a mass car park with lorry transporters

…or a mass warehouse site with lorry traffic

and any other use an old airfield has to used for, apart from flying that is, since its active war years 🙂

As with anything involving such projects, the procedures can take an awfully long time and with the runway size, you won’t get 737-size jets running scheduled commercial services.