Hixon Parish Council will be objecting to this application on the following grounds:

• The application site is outside the Recognised Industrial Estate Boundary as defined in Stafford Borough Council Local Plan 2001;
• The excessively large footprint and height of the proposed building will dominate the landscape on open and flat agricultural land;
• Stafford Local Development Framework consultations quite specifically excluded Hixon from needing additional land for industrial or commercial use;
• No evidence has been provided that other sites, for example, additional 50 acres at Beacon Business Park on the A518 opposite Blackheath Lane, Stafford and which more clearly fits the applicant’s operational needs, have been considered.
• Traffic congestion at the junction of New Road and the A51 would be exacerbated to an unacceptable degree;  
• Existing access from the highway (New Road) to the site is unsuitable;
• If approved, the application would set an undesirable precedent that would make further development proposals across the whole of Hixon Airfield difficult to oppose;
• No hours of working have been indicated or the impact of high security fencing and lighting in open countryside.