Category: Tollerton Airfield

Today the property developer Vistry served three months notice on the occupiers of Nottingham City Airport. While we are horrified at this pre-emptive action (folks, Vistry haven’t even applied for planning permission yet – they can’t, the local plan hasn’t even been approved yet!) we see this as the first shot in a battle that…

Here’s a letter to one of our supporters from the Minister of Aviation’s office in the Department for Transport. The letter very clearly sets out government expectations that planning authorities will maintain and support our national General Aviation network of airfields. We are pleased at the clear recognition, at the highest levels of government, of…

Local school children had a very exciting and inspiring experience at Nottingham City Airport this week! They learned about all things #aviation and #art from Tatiana Shevchenko of Swords Aviation and a local artist, Tim O’Brien. The younger generations need to learn that places like this provide skills, the knowledge, jobs and futures. We must…

An eye-opening article appeared in the press last week. The article covers just some current and former RAF bases and (this is important) these environmental concerns are not time-limited. This article is an important, and stark, reminder that the history of sites and their former uses must be considered and investigated in detail before former…

Today (17th December 2024) after a very active and controversial few days, we had a visit from local station Notts TV. You can see the report here: