Bagby Airfield, whose owner wants to redevelop it. AN ambition to retain a road almost the length of a running track at a controversy-hit airfield, has been recommended for approval, despite villagers claiming it could put children at a nearby playground at risk. Hambleton District Council’s planning committee will meet on Thursday to consider Bagby Airfield owner Martin Scott’s latest changes to the site, which some residents have sought to have closed for about a decade. Mr Scott’s attempts to modernise the 44-acre airfield at near Thirsk, have triggered a bitter dispute which has led to several public inquiries, unprecedented enforcement action, residents being compensated by the council and charity Yorkshire Air Ambulance quitting its base there.
Bagby Airfield, whose owner wants to redevelop it. AN ambition to retain a road almost the length of a running track at a controversy-hit airfield, has been recommended for approval, despite villagers claiming it could put children at a nearby playground at risk. Hambleton District Council’s planning committee will meet on Thursday to consider Bagby Airfield owner Martin Scott’s latest changes to the site, which some residents have sought to have closed for about a decade. Mr Scott’s attempts to modernise the 44-acre airfield at near Thirsk, have triggered a bitter dispute which has led to several public inquiries, unprecedented enforcement action, residents being compensated by the council and charity Yorkshire Air Ambulance quitting its base there.