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Martin-Baker safe as Chalgrove Airfield approved for new town
15th December 2020 11:57 Europe/London
Chalgrove Airfield in South Oxfordshire is to be redeveloped as a new town – but there will be a new runway, apron and a business area to enable ejection seat company Martin-Baker to continue to operate there.
The local district council says it was ‘forced’ to adopt a Local Plan for the area after Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, ‘ordered’ the council to adopt its plans by December or face further government intervention.
Jenrick said there was a ‘clear case’ to intervene because of the authority’s lack of progress and housing pressures in the area, according to BBC local news.