Proposed Hotel at Biggin Hill Airport

If you've seen the article in the latest copy of the Newshopper you will be aware that a consultation is due to take place regarding the plans for a hotel at Biggin Hill airport.
The planned hotel is ostensibly for pilots and crew. In reality we will probably see the hotel struggling to be a viable business. The airport will then pressure the council into changing the lease to allow flights outside of it's current hours (i.e. night flying) and allowing fare-paying passengers.
The council will be held culpable by the local papers and Biggin Hill airport of allowing the hotel to fail adding to the pressure to change the lease. And then we'll be looking at a repeat of Stansted all over again.
If you're concerned about noise, pollution, increased traffic etc etc then let your local councillor know and perhaps consider supporting Flightpath and their work.

Playground

Congratulations to the Friends of Coney Hall Park who successfully lobbied for funding to install new apparatus in the play area. The playground has never been busier I've seen it since I moved here.
The play area is a real focus of the community for the many young families in the area.

Council inactivity

I made the effort to attend the monthly council meeting back in Jan as the Sustainable Communities Act was up for discussion.
Unfortunately, the council members were very dismissive of the act despite it's positive take up across many councils in the country. One councillor, who had previously championed himself as a councillor of the common man, made a derogatory remarks about the Act, despite the fact that it is plainly there to give the man on the street more say in the community.
The general consensus from the council was to wait and see what they could get out of it rather than what it could do for the people of Bromley.
Above all, it was a real eye opener watching important decisions being made (or not) on our behalf by a cabal of old fellas.