On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 9:22:36 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
On 8/27/2018 8:15 PM, Bruce Hoult wrote:
"...but although they plan to put some small chalets and a bunkhouse
on the field they are for unknown reasons against permanent residents."

Maybe because sooner or later the permanent residents, who aren't
necessarily glider pilots, will start to complain about the noise. (From
personal experience)

You're the second person to say that. I don't think it stacks up, as there is no practical difference in noise levels for a house 20m inside the airfield boundary vs a house 20m outside the boundary, and the club is more likely to have an ongoing relationship with the one inside the boundary -- and indeed may well have some form of veto on residents written into the lease.

The area with the hangar/clubhouse/bunkhouse/housing is on higher ground 1 km away from the main runway (up the seldom-used "crosswind" runway), and likely to remain that way due to roughly once a year flooding risk from the river adjacent and parallel to the main 2 km long grass runway.

Also, it's a winching site with no resident towplane.