Robin Hood Airport criticised over masterplan delay
12.03.08
Robin Hood Airport has been criticised for holding up Doncaster's ambitions to become a leading international business hub by keeping councillors waiting for more than two years for a vital report, the Doncaster Free Press reports.
The airport masterplan, a report required by the Government detailing the airport's future development plans from 2014 to 2030 should have been published by the end of 2005, but airport owners Peel Holdings have still not delivered even a draft copy of the document. Council chiefs say that they need the report to start the ball rolling on their plans for better transport links in the borough.
The Department of Transport, which commissioned the masterplan as part of the Government's white paper on aviation in 2003, will not give the green light to plans for the Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme (FARRRS) until the masterplan has been released.
The newspaper says that, according to a recent report on the Local Development Framework, the council views the airport and the proposed link road, which will connect the airport with Rossington and the M18 at junction 3, as hugely important in their plans to market the borough's transport links to overseas investors.
However, the report warned that unless the masterplan was delivered soon, Doncaster could lose out on investments. It said: ‘Without more detailed consideration of the opportunities through the aviation strategy and the airport masterplan there is a risk of ad hoc and uncoordinated growth resulting in a missed opportunity for the borough and the region as a whole.’
Robin Hood Airport is one of only a handful of UK airports still to publish its masterplan. The newspaper did not receive a response from the airport or Peel Holdings on the story.
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg it | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit
To book a robin hood airport hotel or robin hood airport car parking at the lowest price click on these links to robin hood airport parking and robin hood airport hotels price comparison pages.
