Thats going to take an awful long time to get through the planning stage though surely, particularly with all the oppositon that would come from the BFS camp?

The same problem applies with building even a temporary structure under the terms of the rather arcane operating restrictions the airport has to endure? I’m not even going to pretend to have a knowledge of them all, but I have a feeling even a small development like that would be difficult to achieve?

There is already planning for a temporary terminal structure in place for emergency purposes (i.e. major terminal fire) as they can hire a solution on a few hours notice from McAvoys large stock. I dont think it would take long to get planning permission through if it was temporary until BHD built permanent facilities (such as a Terminal expansion).

The airport is only hindered by the passenger cap which has roughly been fullfilled already. Normal building planning rules apply – nothing special other than aviation considerations such as height etc.

Part of their current planning application is to lift cap and put a take off only runway extension on the 22 end.