Council officers compared to Keystone Cops in airfield row
Bagby Airfield, whose owner wants to redevelop it. A LONG-running row over an airfield between two villages looks set to erupt again after campaigners compared council planners to the Keystone Cops and insisted stricter controls need to be exerted over the site. However, Bagby Airfield’s owner has dismissed campaign group Action4Refusal’s claims that Hambleton District Council is not in control of developments at the 44-acre site near Thirsk and has described its planning officers as professional and thorough. The airfield has been the focus of a bitter dispute between some resident...