Fishburn Airfield Wind Turbine - Good News!

[SteveSlater]

Just received from the Fishburn Airfield team:

Yesterday afternoon (26 July) the application to site a wind turbine on the downwind leg directly in the flightpath for Fishburn Airfield was heard by Durham County Council Planning Committee.

Everyone has been worried about the impact a successful application would have on airfield safety and the future of Fishburn Airfield.

We are pleased to be able to report that the application was rejected unanimously by the committee on safety grounds and the uncertainty is over. It is highly unlikely an appeal will be successful under the circumstances and given the strength of opposition and current government guidance.

We hope we can now put the anxiety behind us and move on.

Can we please take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported the airfield during this difficult 9 month period. Without your help the outcome could have been very different. Help has been offered by and thanks are extended to:

All those Fishburn Airfield pilots and other airfield residents who wrote to the council

Phil Wilson MP
Robert Goodwill MP
Sir Gerald Howarth MP
Grant Shapps MP
Paul Trippett senior case worker to Phil Wilson MP
Sedgefield Town Council
Fishburn Parish Council
Trimdon Parish Council
Bishop Middleham Parish Council
Steve Slater LAA
Geoff Weighell BMAA
Charles Henry GAAC
John Gilder GAAC
Charles Henrey GAAC
John Walker AOPA
Richard Vousden ASD
The MOD
The Dept of Transport
Managers and owners of other airfields
(Yearby, Peterlee, Beverley, Eshott, Fife, Tayside, Edinburgh, Derby)
Airfield safety officers
Display pilots
Commercial pilots
RAF officers
Visiting pilots from other airfields who offered their support
All the local residents who wrote in supporting the airfield

A special thanks must go to Phil Wilson MP for Sedgefield and again, a very big thank you to all of you for your efforts and support.

Jeff, Richard & Sam
Fishburn Airfield

[Ian Melville]

Great news