We are aware of a statement made by the London Borough of Bromley regarding court action about an unlisted wooden hut known as the ‘Dispersal Hut’. The Borough’s statement is not an accurate reflection of the facts.
As there is ongoing legal action, we cannot comment on the case. However, the airport has always been open about this project, since publicly releasing information when work started in October 2024. Sections of it were to be sympathetically restored and displayed to the public at RAF Biggin Hill Museum & Chapel, Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar and a non-profit heritage foundation in the US. We will now be erecting the hut reusing materials from the dismantled structure. We are saddened that alternative courses of action have not been possible because of the actions of the Borough. This work means that the hut will remain in its previous airside location at London Biggin Hill, but will not be publicly accessible due to its positioning between two hangars on an operational airport.
Legal proceedings could have easily been avoided or ended at any time by the Council if they had responded to any of the Airport’s proposals for resolution over the past months. Amicable resolution has always been the Airport’s preference. We remain deeply disappointed by the conduct of Bromley Council and the needless waste of money and resources required by both parties for these legal proceedings.