Doncaster Council gets £3.1 million to help it buy Doncaster Sheffield Airport
A £3.1 million financial package has been approved to help Doncaster Council prepare a Compulsory Purchase Order for Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA). The money is coming from the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) to help with the “complex” preparations. The SYMCA also agreed funding for Doncaster’s Place Plan, which includes the potential purchase of the airport. Work will now continue on the potential purchase order as well as the negotiations on a potential lease. There will be costs to reinstate the airport for operations and these costs will form a part of the business plan the council is preparing. The council said it has potential buyers and operators who are aware of this and willing to work with the authority. The Mayor of Doncaster said: “Peel continues to be unwilling sellers; they have not gone to the open market or made any effort to sell the airport as an operational airport and working business.”
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Doncaster Council gets £3.1 million to help it buy Doncaster Sheffield Airport
The money has been given to Doncaster Council by the South Yorkshire Combined Authority
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12 JUN 2023
A £3.1 million financial package has been approved to help Doncaster Council prepare a Compulsory Purchase Order for Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA).
The money is coming from the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) to help with the “complex” preparations. The SYMCA also agreed funding for Doncaster’s Place Plan, which includes the potential purchase of the airport.
Work will now continue on the potential purchase order as well as the negotiations on a potential lease.
The council has also criticised “misinformation” spreading about the stripping of the airport.
It says the units within the terminal buildings contain property which belonged to the tenants and therefore these have been removed. Other fittings within the terminal which was leased have also been returned.
There will be costs to reinstate the airport for operations and these costs will form a part of the business plan the council is preparing. The council said it has potential buyers and operators who are aware of this and willing to work with the authority.
In a joint statement, the Mayor of Doncaster Ros Jones, Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard and the three Doncaster MPs said: “In our previous update we highlighted the work on the Article 4 direction to protect the site with a planning measure and also the importance of retaining our airspace permissions.
“While this work reaches its natural conclusion, we continue to engage with a number of parties including the Civil Aviation Authority (Airspace) and Peel (on a potential lease) to ensure we receive the best outcome for our residents and businesses.”
“Peel continues to be unwilling sellers; they have not gone to the open market or made any effort to sell the airport as an operational airport and working business. As elected officials of Doncaster we fully support the work to save our airport from City of Doncaster Council and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.”
“This week, we were pleased to agree a package of financial support – supported by leaders across the region in SYMCA – for the CPO legal process.”
“We fully understand that the CPO is a last resort and hope to see progress in relation to the potential long-term lease of the airport, but we are resolute in our determination to see our airport reopen.”
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/doncaster-council-gets-31-million-27097890
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