Council's bid to sell RAF Scampton failed as Home Office intervenes

Regeneration bid for historic Dambusters airbase rejected by Home Office

The local council purchased the base and called the project a once-in-a-generation regeneration opportunity

The unanswered questions on the RAF Scampton sale

Plans to launch a major regeneration project on RAF Scampton have been dashed, leaving residents with questions about what will happen to the former airbase.

RAF Scampton redevelopment bid rejected

The company behind plans to redevelop the Lincolnshire site says its bid has been rejected.

Council's bid to sell RAF Scampton failed as Home Office intervenes

A company’s bid to buy RAF Scampton, which it says would have been worth £3bn to the local area, has been rejected by the government. The Home Office has instead chosen to sell the former RAF base to a company in the defence sector. The home of the Dambusters would have been transformed into a […]

Residents 'despair' as government set to sell RAF base to defence company

Lincolnshire residents say they will keep fighting for the original regeneration plans