Don Valley's Nick Fletcher says Doncaster Sheffield Airport's closure is a 'ridiculous decision'.
The airport's owners Peel Group said the closure was due to a "fundamental lack of financial viability"
Don Valley Conservative MP Nick Fletcher said he had contacted Number 10 and the Department for Transport over the "ridiculous decision" to shut the site.Mr Fletcher also called for the council to compulsorily purchase the land.They said said "no tangible proposals" had been received regarding its future ownership.until a new owner could be found.
"The public inquiry will let us know how it's failed, why it's failed and if it does close it will help us not to make those same mistakes again.Image caption,However, the Labour mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard said there was "no mechanism I'm aware of about a public inquiry". Mr Coppard said that planning documents meant that the "airport site can only be used for aviation activity."Speaking on Radio Sheffield, Sarah Barnes from the GMB union said employees were "devastated" by the closure and called on the prime minister to intervene.
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