petition to protect airfields
Discussion
Dr Jekyll said:
There is plenty of land suitable for housing without closing airfields. Airfields are in short supply, agricultural land is in surplus.
If you're right, then the solution is for aviation enthusiasts to buy the airfields and use them for flying. Otherwise let market forces work on the value of the land.Unless this is another case where PHers who claim to believe in market forces and wealth creation drop the principle the moment that their own special interest is threatened?
EskimoArapaho said:
If you're right, then the solution is for aviation enthusiasts to buy the airfields and use them for flying. Otherwise let market forces work on the value of the land.
That sounds like a very miserable and expensive game of musical chairs. Even if the land is always suitable for an airfield.There is perhaps a key difference between airfields and housing sites, in that housing sites can be placed almost anywhere, even on the side of a hill, or inside areas that are already developed, but viable airfields cannot.
Some should be careful what they wish for, An airfield in the south of the country was shut down, mainly because of a vocal minority (quite a number of whom had only recently moved into the area local to the airfield) Well their campaign achieved the desired result, and the airfield was closed, only to be altered to an industrial estate, around a year later. So instead of the open space of the airfield, and occasional drone of aircraft, they had their `view' blocked by industrial buildings, and the noise of HGV`s going past their front doors 24/7.
At another. and enquiry was set up by the local authority to determine the future of a small airfield, owing to the actions of a vocal group who wanted it shut down. The result. 14 votes to have it shut down, and 1700 who voted for it to be kept as an operational airfield.
The vote also revealed that those who wanted the airfield shut down were mainly from those who had only recently moved into the area. The bottom line as always should be if you don't like airfields then don't move into a house which is near one.
Some should be careful what they wish for, An airfield in the south of the country was shut down, mainly because of a vocal minority (quite a number of whom had only recently moved into the area local to the airfield) Well their campaign achieved the desired result, and the airfield was closed, only to be altered to an industrial estate, around a year later. So instead of the open space of the airfield, and occasional drone of aircraft, they had their `view' blocked by industrial buildings, and the noise of HGV`s going past their front doors 24/7.
At another. and enquiry was set up by the local authority to determine the future of a small airfield, owing to the actions of a vocal group who wanted it shut down. The result. 14 votes to have it shut down, and 1700 who voted for it to be kept as an operational airfield.
The vote also revealed that those who wanted the airfield shut down were mainly from those who had only recently moved into the area. The bottom line as always should be if you don't like airfields then don't move into a house which is near one.
EskimoArapaho said:
Dr Jekyll said:
There is plenty of land suitable for housing without closing airfields. Airfields are in short supply, agricultural land is in surplus.
If you're right, then the solution is for aviation enthusiasts to buy the airfields and use them for flying. Otherwise let market forces work on the value of the land.Unless this is another case where PHers who claim to believe in market forces and wealth creation drop the principle the moment that their own special interest is threatened?
If the planning regulations were the same for airfields as for any other fields, then market forces would decide the best use. If the market decides a particular piece of land is more valuable for housing than aviation, then fine. But the market shouldn't be rigged by the government.
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