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Alternative Sites Consultation

Representation ID: 44274

Received: 08/04/2010

Respondent: Anthony & Elaine Barker

Representation Summary:

This site would be suitable since for the past decades it has been obvious that with the proximity of Birmingham International Airport the insistence of Coventry to persist with keeping Coventry airport open has had more to do with Coventry's misplaced ideas of grandeur than any sensible business judgment. In the days that Coventry was a force in the manufacture of goods for export I was heavily involved and Coventry was simply never a viable or sensible option. Now the city makes very little by comparison and is of even less significance, if that is possible!

Full text:

We are of the opinion that the site of Baginton Airport would be suitable since for the past four or five decades it has been obvious that with the proximity of Birmingham International Airport the insistence of Coventry to persist with keeping Coventry airport open has had more to do with Coventry's misplaced ideas of grandeur than any sensible business judgment. In the days that Coventry was a force in the manufacture of goods for export I was heavily involved and Coventry was simply never a viable or sensible option. Now the city makes very little by comparison and is of even less significance, if that is possible!

One site which is certainly NOT a credible or sensible option is to build on the Green Belt at Kings Hill. Warwick Parkway area or nearer the centres of population in Leamington or Warwick should be more suitable.