It seems that almost any airfield / airport is now fair game for providing the land requirments of housing developers. Re-development plans for what was Wisley airfield in Surrey failed to be approved but not far away Fairoaks airport is now in developers sights to be a new "Garden Village".
1500 houses, industrial estate, extra traffic and a nice little earner for the developers. The result,
Historic and popular local airfield lost, increased traffic on local country lanes,increased polution, increased congestion to the adjacent village of Chobham which already struggles with through traffic.
Do we really want or need this ?
Fairoaks History
Fairoaks opened as a private airstrip in 1931, but was signed up for military use in 1936 and became RAF Fairoaks during world war II. Used as a training airfield, with No. 18 Elementary & Reserve Flying School formed on 1 October 1937 over 6,000 pilots were trained at the airfield. Post war the airfield reverted to private use as a flying school and aircraft maintenance operation.
Alan Mann Helicopters began operations there in 1968 after which The Alan Mann Group became the operator. The hard runway was constructed in 1979. The Alan Mann Group sold its interests in 2008 to Albermarle Fairoaks Airport Ltd which owns Fairoaks Operations Ltd, the operator. The landside buildings were owned by West Register Property until they sold their interest on the 8th December 2015 to TEREF ADP Fairoaks Limited, a company registered in Jersey.
On 25th November 2016 the airport owners announced plans to close the airport, and build a 1500 unit housing development to be known as "Fairoaks Garden Village".
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