SURREY STRUCTURE PLAN 2004 - Surrey County Council
SURREY STRUCTURE PLAN 2004 - Surrey County Council
SURREY STRUCTURE PLAN 2004 - Surrey County Council
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chapter 4 · infrastructure and development needs<br />
POLICY DN9/<br />
General Aviation<br />
When responding to consultations for airport related<br />
development:<br />
a) the development of Biggin Hill Airport to support<br />
its role as a general aviation airfield will be accepted,<br />
provided any adverse impacts on <strong>Surrey</strong> are sufficiently<br />
mitigated and the development fully complies with the<br />
terms laid out in the existing lease.<br />
b) the development of Farnborough Airport will be<br />
supported within the parameters of the existing planning<br />
conditions, provided any adverse impacts on <strong>Surrey</strong> are<br />
sufficiently mitigated.<br />
Within <strong>Surrey</strong>, the development of business aviation<br />
facilities at Fairoaks Airport will be permitted on a limited<br />
scale where the impact on the surrounding area is<br />
acceptable. Development likely to cause an intensification<br />
of flying and other related activities at Redhill Aerodrome<br />
will be resisted.<br />
With the exception of Dunsfold Aerodrome, the<br />
development of new airfields or the reopening of disused<br />
airfields will not be permitted.Airstrips or landing sites<br />
for private and recreational flying will only be permitted<br />
where the environmental impacts are acceptable.<br />
T<br />
4.25 he Future of Air Transport White Paper, published<br />
in December 2003, explains that the potential<br />
of Biggin Hill Airport to provide services to meet local<br />
demand should not be overlooked, and in principle,<br />
supports the development of the airport for this<br />
purpose, subject to relevant environmental<br />
considerations.<br />
4.26 In 1994 Biggin Hill Airport Limited signed a lease<br />
with Bromley Borough <strong>Council</strong>, the landlord, enabling<br />
them to manage and operate the airport for 125 years.<br />
The lease places a number of controls on flying activity<br />
at Biggin Hill in order to control the environmental<br />
impact of the airport on the surrounding area. The<br />
provision of scheduled flights for fare paying passengers<br />
however is not currently permitted.<br />
4.27 The White Paper also acknowledges the important<br />
contribution made by small airports in the South East<br />
in providing capacity for business aviation and supports<br />
the continued provision of these services at Biggin Hill,<br />
Farnborough and Fairoaks. Whilst the role of general<br />
aviation airfields in supporting the <strong>Surrey</strong> economy is<br />
acknowledged, it is recognised that they can have an<br />
adverse environmental impact on <strong>Surrey</strong> residents<br />
which needs to be controlled.<br />
4.28 At Farnborough, the Ministry of Defence leased<br />
the airport to TAG Aviation in 1998 for the continuation<br />
of business flying. TAG received planning consent in<br />
2000 to operate 28,000 business aircraft movements<br />
per annum, subject to limits on both the nature and type<br />
of flying to ensure that future growth is contained and<br />
controlled. The local council has also imposed a number<br />
of environmental and other obligations on TAG to<br />
minimise the impact of flying.<br />
4.29 The location of Fairoaks Airport and Redhill<br />
Aerodrome within the Metropolitan Green Belt places<br />
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