h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

From BBC News: "Warwick District Council will go to the High Court in May in an attempt to force Coventry Airport to demolish a passenger terminal. Just one month after the airport started budget flights out of the city it was told to close the terminal. The council has issued an enforcement notice claiming the airport did not have planning permission. A High Court hearing on 14 and 15 May will decide whether the airport has to stop using the terminal."

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Yes, yes, yes! I wish Warwick District Council all the luck in the world. It's not so much being in the flight path that bothers me (we already get flown over every few minutes by flights headed for Birmingham International) but the attitudes of ThomsonFly (owned by TUI, the owners of Lunn Poly), Coventry Airport and then the new owners of Coventry Airport, ... you guessed it ... TUI! They haven't exactly gone out of their way to win over local people...

Whoami?

I wonder how many local people use the airport though, maybe you should be seeking for them to create a local wildlife park in compensation rather than getting them to knock it down and waste all that effort and land.

Mel

It's not the whole airport that's the problem - it's that they're starting to use it for passenger flights - and there are no night-flying restrictions. But that they feel that they don't need planning permission, and meet all opposition as ignorance ('a lack of understanding') rather than any genuine concern, that bothers me. I'm glad that the WDC is upholding planning laws. It's a matter of principle. It also makes WDC that bit more popular, but it is really a matter of TUI disresepecting the local authorities and that they think they can get away with it without a fight...

Whoami?

I should emphasise that this is a temporary passenger terminal that's being disputed - and it is large enough to be noticed and is not in the form of a temporary structure - it looks pretty solid. The planning over a full terminal is another matter - although I wouldn't expect that if they still need to get it that they'll have too much instantaneous luck on account of their conduct over this matter...

Whoami?

Fair dues, if they want to do these things they need to go through the right channels.

Stansted has been having troubles trying to build an extra terminal, I want it to have another one as it's my closest airport (45mins ish) and it would mean there would be flights to more destinations. On the other hand I can see why people don't want it to expand.

Mel