Paul,
I read with interest your release on Kemble. Unfortunately,
there is little concrete information on which to act. Perhaps if we got the
details of the 'movers and shakers' responsible, a salutory note from
abroad (say, 5 continents) might alert them to what they are playing with.
We have the same problem here, where contractors and 'people of
import' have their eyes on useful and historical lands - for their own
fortunes without regard to overall public values.
Cheers, Ferg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Sweeting" <europa@percyville.plus.com>
Subject: Europa-List: FW: [u.r.a.s] Re: Kemble
<europa@percyville.plus.com>
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| Forward of a current discussion on uk.rec.aviation.soaring
| Regarding the emergence of possible planning problems at Kemble.
| Seems the nimby's are getting noticed by the council planners and local
| press.
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| What is the effect on the several Europa owners & Gloster strut members
whom
| reside there? Is there a defence being mounted and how can I support this?
|
| Paul Sweeting
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: Glider Pilot Network [mailto:www@gliderpilot.net]
| To: Percy Ville
| Subject: [u.r.a.s] Re: Kemble
|
| Newsgroup: uk.rec.aviation.soaring
| Subject: Re: Kemble
| Date/Time: 20:58 08 December 2005
| Reading the local newspapers what has happened is that
| they have upset the locals over noise as it is probably
| far noisier now than when the MOD were in residence,
| especially in the later years of their tenure.
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| This has resulted in the 'previous use' that was used
| to continue flying ops after the MOD left to be questioned
| on the basis that the site was a maintenance and repair
| facility rather than a general flying and training
| one. Now, how you repair aircraft without flying them
| I don't know so this should provide an amount of local
| fun in the newspapers.
|
| Cheers
|
| Robin
| At 16:01 08 December 2005, Robert John wrote:
| >At 15:19 08 December 2005, Bernard Smyth wrote:
| >>Kemble airfield operators have been told they need
| >>to apply for planning
| >>permission to keep the place going. Locals have been
| >>moaning! It's only
| >>been an airfield for 70 years. Although it's not a
| >>gliding site, it makes you
| >>wonder if this retrospective heavyhandidness could
| >>affect gliding clubs.
| >>
| >Bureaucratic nonsense!
| >They only need apply for an existing use certificate
| >if someone complains that they are in contravention
| >of the legal planning use and the local authority can't
| >refuse or limit them (due to the time the use has existed)
| >so it's just a waste of everybody's time.
| >70 years even predates the Town & Country Planning
| >Act 1947 which brought in the concept of the planning
| >permission!
| >Robert John
| >Duo Sierra-India
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