so who’s the driver for big bad dog?? think it might have been a certain Virgin 747 left hand seat driver. hope he didnt call in sick! 😀

Best solution is for the airfield operator to let slip to the press, that hes had enough of all this harassment rom the council, and that hes decided to sell up, and infact has secured a deal to sell the land to a very nice Pikey, whom has offered a deal thats too good to be refused. 😀

So, local belly ache brigade, whats it to be?, as is? or 15,000 caravans on site? :p

Yes I agree, they are applied for, but are a formality, if you can prove the airfield has been used as an airfield with air movements for over 10 years, with no significant change of use, then the lawful use has to be issued along with planning permission. That’s the law. KAS will have inherited the historic lawful right to carry on as an airfield wich they can probably prove, since they baught it as an airfield, and use this to win the issue of a certificate from the council. Though the council can add restrictions, such as reduced air movements, and no escalation in activities from a point onwards. the council wouldnt have a record of lawful use issue anyway, since the airfield was previously MOD property. here is a case that there has been no change of use and the airfield has been used lawfully for decades, without resistance or hinderance, with the majority of the houses having been there during that period, regardless of a lawful use certificate or not. That is why such airfields such as Dunsfold, Rochester, headcorn, North Weald, Farnborough etc , are still there, despite the Councils attempts to wrong foot them years back using the excuse that they dont have a record of lawful use issue. They were there first, before the whinging brigades.

IMHO Its about land redevelopment, and councils are under pressure to get big spaces re-developed. My local scrap yard had exactly the same stunt pulled on him, and after 5 years of the council trying every trick in the book, to get him out and put houses there, he won his lawful use, being able to prove that the site had always been a scrap yard ( for the last 35 years anyway), even before him. This is purely an issue because locals are whinging about it, and gives the councils an excuse to push it as is always the case with these notices. I doubt the district or county would have the impetus to instigate enforment notices without the local driving force offering a reason, but they can rely on the local parish and preverbial moaners lobbying their local MP and making noises. A sad state of affairs really that nambie pambie brigade cause so many problems.

good luck with that, communications I mean.. hmm, have had similar experience with , great place, but a bit too much of the old school tie club heel dragging goes on, cogs stutter along, if you know what i mean. 🙂

headcorn is too far into Kent, its not central enough or near enough to the main motorways. How about Redhill Aerodrome?, Hangarage, 5 minutes from the m23 and M25, people can still fly in. Re the event at Gatwick, it wasnt a a success. infact, honestly, it was a waste of time, hardly any stall holders attended. it was mainly books and the like. however, it was in addition to the one that had already gone ahead at Shoreham, not replacing it, and it was the weekend before or after Popham, already well established, (cant remember), it also clashed with Legends and one or two other events, The middle of June is the wrong time to hold an aerojumble IMHO, There are so many other event people are saving themselves for during June and July, people end up travelling 2-3 weekends in a row, perhaps an aerojumbled just drops right down the pecking order, especially with ebay being around. September and March are ideal, theres no other events really to distract.