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UK Airfield Safeguarding - Latest Guidance Available
Forwarding info from UK GAAC:
---------------------------------- THE GENERAL AVIATION AWARENESS COUNCIL RAeS House 4 Hamilton Place London W1J 7BQ Tel: 020 7670 4501 PRESS RELEASE 23 January 2006 Updated Airfield Safeguarding Fact Sheets. Increasing numbers of airfields are under threat from local building development or regional planning policies. Many Local Authorities do not appreciate the needs or understand the value of General Aviation and grant planning permissions which severly restrict and sometimes prevent the continued operation of an airfield. The General Aviation Awareness Council (GAAC) actively works to make central and local government aware of the value of general aviation and the contribution that it makes to the economic and community life of the Nation. Fact Sheets 4a and 4b (giving valuable advice and guidance on how to protect your airfield have been updated and are now available for free download at the GAAC web-site at www.gaac.org.uk Click on Planning Information and 'a series of free fact sheets'. If your airfield is experiencing problems with the local planning authority or is threatened in any way by neighbours or local developments then these Fact Sheets are essential reading. Michael Powell Press Officer GAAC Tel: 01493 752232 ================== Chris N. __________________________________________________ _________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com |
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UK Airfield Safeguarding - Latest Guidance Available
Chris, can't you just put a couple of those funny looking guards with
the tall hats around your fields to guard them from developers. I hear they never leave their post and dont eat much. Just kidding of course! We have the same problem here in the US, and its usually a matter of the good of the many (homeowners/developers/tax payers/politicians) overiding the pleasures of the few. If we could only find those compelling reasons to justify our continued reign over our grassy airstrips......Perhaps Glider and General aviation pilots could be classified as an endangered species, along with our habitats. |
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UK Airfield Safeguarding - Latest Guidance Available
jb92563 wrote:
If we could only find those compelling reasons to justify our continued reign over our grassy airstrips......Perhaps Glider and General aviation pilots could be classified as an endangered species, along with our habitats. Some communities here in California have actually resisted the development of airstrip land, as it would mean more people, more traffic, more schools, more water, etc. The key factor is not annoying the neighbors with excessive noise, as that will shift the trade-offs the other way... Marc |
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UK Airfield Safeguarding - Latest Guidance Available
"Airfield Safeguarding" in this context is nothing to do with
development (or prevention of it) on the airfield itself. It is only to do with the surrounding area. The purpose is to prevent, for example, a tall building, wind farm or whatever being approved for construction on a neighbouring piece of land which would interfere with the climb-out or approach path to your airfield. The UK CAA used to oversee safeguarding maps for aerodromes, whose operators could identify what nearby, low-level, airspace they wished to "safeguard" from such developments. The CAA still is involved for licensed airfields, but not for unlicensed ones (i.e. most UK gliding sites etc.). The provision in the law, however, remains that a gliding site can seek to "safeguard" their site by depositing a map with the local council. The GAAC guidance is about how to do that. Chris N. __________________________________________________ _________ Yahoo! Photos – NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com |
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