Comments from Interested Party - Hugh MacPhail

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Dear Local Review Panel, 
I would like to submit the following comments to the local review process in relation to the
Glen Forsa Airfield Planning proposal (21/00018/PP). 
I would ask the local review panel to take into account my comments and objections relating
to my full secure Pre 1991 agricultural tenancy arrangements on Glenforsa Airfield which I
have raised with the Argyll & Bute estates department over the last 18 months. As my
lawyers have pointed out to Argyll and Bute, the applicant has no legal right to any lease or
tenancy on the airfield and any arrangement granted by Argyll and Bute Council will need to
reversed. Jennifer Crawford in the estates department has sent a reminder of this outstanding
matter to the legal department in Argyll and Bute council. This is fundamental to granting
any planning application as the applicant has no right to build on the land within my lease
and granting any planning permission would be pointless. I would encourage the review
panel to establish the tenancy position as part of their wider considerations. 
I have also had significant correspondence with the councils estates department regarding
upkeep of the boundary fences and the main entrance gate to the airfield which they state is
the responsibility of Mr Walsh (the applicant). The fences and entrance gate are in a
dilapidated state of repair which is a significant health and safety risk and must also be
addressed as part of the wider consideration in this review process. 
The Airfield is critical for the emergency services and I have proactively supported this
service and the local community for the last 45 years as tenant of Glenforsa airfield and I
strongly object to transient users looking to make changes for the their personal benefit which
has been clearly stated in the local review statement. 
As the tenant of Glenforsa Airfield (with as registered right to buy) I would insist that I am
invited to any site visits from the planning review panel along with my representatives. 
Kind Regards 
Hugh MacPhail