[thorn bird]

Allegedly the council wants the aero club to stump up for a development plan.
Ie. the development sharks have an eye on the land.

"to present an 'airport management plan".
Their kidding aren't they?

Look at the capital city secondary airport "management plans" if you want an example of a boondoggle.

Not one of them ever stuck to a "Plan". The plan was the basis for making the changes.
To abrogate the intention of the Airports Act.
To circumvent the clauses in the leases they signed to maintain the airports in the condition they were in when they took them over
To abrogate their responsibilities regarding environmental issues by excusing themselves from compliance on the pretext that the airports were Commonwealth land and environmental laws didn't apply to them.
To circumvent building codes.
To price aviation off the airport to facilitate non aviation development

I wonder when the next council elections are? I expect significant donations to re-election funds.