The following article is from the Leicester Mercury.
It looks like mags & individuals can carry on using the facilities at least until 2011 when it will be reviewed.
Whens the next Daddy Thrash

Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground wins noise order battle

Wednesday, December 09, 2009, 09:30
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An order forcing a former airfield turned car track to quieten down has been quashed following a public inquiry.
Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, which holds corporate and charity driving days when people drive fast cars around the 400-acre site, was told by Harborough District Council it was making too much noise.
The council said the owners of the site were breaching the conditions of their planning permission by hosting events not connected to testing cars.
But the proving ground, near Lutterworth, appealed and the council lost the case.
The council's enforcement notice, served almost a year ago with the support of 87 residents, has been quashed.


However, the planning inspector has made several demands of the track to please residents in the area.
Owner David Walton can still host events to raise cash, but he is now required to have a quiet Sunday once a month and the whole issue will be reviewed in 2011.
A spokesman for Harborough District Council said: "We have the decision that comes with a detailed report and a number of conditions that will need to be carefully looked at."
Mr Walton argued the activities had been allowed in the past and he had permission to hold the events.
Mr Walton was unavailable for comment yesterday.

 

Great news

Steve

 

woohoo, wanna go in late 2010 for my run so thats good news

 

great news.hopefully i will go sometime next year to time the fiesta.

 

This all started from one bloke who lives at the end of the runway in gilmorton complaining at every single opertunity he complains about anything and everything car related
but as soon as the jets are blasting up the runway hes straight round with his camera snapping away and believe me all the jets up there are far louder than any car ive ever heard up there and ive worked up there for just over two years

mark.

 

Cool man


Dave... Get YUM bolted back together!! ..

 

That's my plans back on then!!

 

There should be a fiesta thrash up there, there are plenty of fast ones out there to do one

 

wahey great news get some thrashes organised for next year then

 

Dont effect me now

 

Put your engine in Helens Saff .

 

How about you put it in the rear of your saph Twin 1000bhp monster


Would you like it as a spare

 

cracking news ! were forever having trouble there so glad to get back to mappingand mucking about

 

How much does Brunters cost for an idividual to use it and how do you bookit

Nige

 

nooo not yet my engines out ....

 

out agen mate bloody hell lol whats happening now? you spraying the bay or doing some serious engine rework ??

 

ring up, minimum of 2 hours Ł60 a hour + vat iirc

jim

 

thats not as bad as i thought.thought itd be way more than that

 

Doesn't the king of noisy bastard planes live there ? of course i'm refering to the Vulcan Bomber

They have one in southend airport (doesn't fly though), which i live about 3 miles away from - we hear it like it's parked outside !

 

just some seam welding ,top mounts and fresh paint ,but i have striped the engine just to see what it was like inside after 12 months abuse!!! all is fine so its going back as it was with some new gaskets and bolts.

 

not too bad a i suppose its great for mapping cars though, Ł120 or possibly losing your license, its a no brainer, only 45mins away too !



yeah thats there ! i was there with the old man mapping andy gallachers first focus, so got a blast in that, then see that thing fly for the first time in like 13 years, what an awsome day

 

sounds nice mate gona look sweet im sure. well at least you know aftetr the abuse you gave engine last year its been built nice a strong and will last this year.

 

i know it felt some how wrong to pull apart a perfectly working engine just for a look.... but i couldn't help it as it was out anyway. should be back on the road for the end of jan for more mapping on the new management cant wait.

p-s got a few mod's to help me on the 1/4 mile lol

 

lucky boy! a go in AG's focus would do me lol

 

i know what you mean mate but you now got fresh gaskets n stuff in there sounds good mate cant wait to see it next year on the new managment see what it can do. you could at least wait till iv built my engine tho lol by time iv built mine your gona at about 500bhp and 10second 1/4s .i need a second job i think.

and whats these new mods then mate you cant tell me that much then not say nothing else lol

 

ill get some pic's up for you after the weekend , its nothing new but ive never tried it before so a bit of late night testing next year to see if its any good lol plus i got some slicks .

 

nice one mate ,what slicks you gone for mickey t's?god i think im more excited bout seeing yours than getting mine built up and running haha

 

yes mickey t's.... if they dont brake my shafts nothing will.

 

defo mate dya think they will make a big difference?
ill stop spaming this thread now

 

fuck knows only one way to find out . yeah think we best lol.

 

 

only Ł60 + vat per hour!

I know what i want for xmas

 

so theyve got vulcan bombers and fast jets doing regular take offs and fly bys and they are whinging about a few cars??

 

Only Ł60+vat, i can still remember when it was only Ł35+vat

Still cheaper than losing your licence i suppose, lol

 

Unfortunatly our vulcan isnt there any more she's down at raf lyneham up on jacks for her winter service if we can raise enough money if not im out of a job again.
Its rarely used by jets to land any more we still get the odd proped plane come in they only run up the jets every now and again for fast taxi runs a couple of weeks ago they had the pair of lightnings doing runs just as it was getting dark and the after burners looked ausome when they kicked in.

mark