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Council reaches agreement over controversial asylum site

West Lindsey DC is celebrating a success in its campaign to protect a £300m regeneration project earmarked for a former RAF airbase but co-opted for asylum accommodation.

By Mark Conrad | 28 May 2024

West Lindsey DC is celebrating a success in its campaign to protect a £300m regeneration project earmarked for a former RAF airbase but co-opted for asylum accommodation.

The Lincolnshire-based district today (28 May) reached an ‘agreement in principle' with the Home Office over RAF Scampton, under which both parties will share the site.

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