A ROW over plans to ban flights from a Hampshire airfield could be set to go all the way to the High Court.
Today there was a dramatic development in the controversy surrounding the Daedalus airfield at Lee-on-Solent after it was revealed that the Lee Flying Association had started the first step in getting a judicial review.
It came as the Hampshire Police Authority were about to debate the issue, which has caused a storm of protest.
The association had been given a stay of execution for one month after it was announced that the gates would close to general aviation on December 14.
Police spotter planes and coastguard helicopters would continue to use the airfield, which is also home to Portsmouth Naval Gliding Club.
But Police Authority members decided that while legal proceedings were in the air they would postpone their debate on the Daedalus issue.
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