Airfield's future to be decided in June (From Darlington and Stockton Times)
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Airfield's future to be decided in June
2:23pm Tuesday 5th March 2013 in News By Stuart Minting
A PLANNING inspector will spend up to four days listening to arguments over whether to impose strict limits on flights to and from a controversial airfield.
The third public inquiry into the use and developments at Bagby Airfield, near Thirsk, will be held at the Civic Centre, Northallerton, from June 25.
The inspector is expected to decide whether should lose its helicopter fuel facility and be restricted to 71 flight movements a week on its remaining runway.
If the Hambleton District Council enforcement notices are upheld by the inspector, the airfield’s main revenue-generating stream, the provision of jet fuel, will be plugged.
The airfield’s management says such a decision would end the economic viability of the grass airstrip, which is used by industries ranging from horseracing to railway maintenance, with the loss of about ten jobs.
Campaigning group Action4Refusal, which represents some residents in Bagby and Thirkleby, said it is determined to ensure the airfield is used by hobbyists and noise emanating from the site has been unacceptable.
