Mr M Scott, Bagby Airfield, Bagby, Thirsk, North - Hambleton District ...

02/03/2010 Enforcement investigation regarding new
'canopy' over door of Hangar E
06/04/2010 Enforcement investigation Second
survey visit
09/06/2010 Site notices for 2010 application
16/08/2010 Members site visit for the 2010
application
11/01/2011 Enforcement investigation – engineering
operations
160. The evidence from the planning applications shows the extent of the land
used for the purpose of an airfield to be as shown on the plan at Appendix 12
until an extension was formed to the east west runway. It is recorded that the
extended east west runway was first used on 1 April 1998 and became immune
from enforcement action 10 years later on 1 April 2008. The full extent of the
east west runway is shown on the plan at Appendix 13.
161. The aerial photographs and web data search results confirm the extent of
the airfield and show the removal of the hedgerow at the northern end of the
north south runway in 2005. This extends the north south runway on to a piece
of agricultural land that had not previously been part of the airfield. The extended
part of the north south runway is shown on the plan at Appendix 13
162. The largest hangar ‘B’ has been provided with new internal insulation, new
floor screed and provision of internal divisions to form office and stores and now
used as an aircraft maintenance building. However these internal works to a
building fall outside the definition of development.
163. Yorkshire Air Ambulance occupies the site with a portable rest room
building and portable toilet facility plumbed in to mains services and operating as
a satellite to their West Yorkshire base. The portable building arrived on site on
or about the 13 th August 2009. This is considered a chattel ancillary to the
function of Bagby as an airfield and the use does not require planning
permission. The provision of a separate package treatment works for the waste
water from the rest room and toilet is an engineering operation that requires and
does not have planning permission.
164. Continuous use of the airfield
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