News
December 2009
RAF Uxbridge
Closure of RAF Uxbridge
RAF Northolt, established as a flying station in 1915, is being developed as a Core Defence Site and will now host additional units such as the Queen's Colour Squadron and the Central Band of the Royal Air Force as well as British Forces Post Office. This development has released three sites for disposal. Brunel Design has undertaken Closure Risk Assessment on all these sites. BFPO Mill Hill and RAF Bentley Priory have already been closed and RAF Uxbridge, the latest, will be closed in the near future.
During the second World War RAF Uxbridge was the head quarters of 11 Group, Fighter Command, with the responsibility for the air defence of southern England, including London. It contains the underground bunker operations centre, now a museum, where, at the height of the Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill sat observing the battle asked asked the New Zealander Air Vice-Chief Marshal Keith Park "How many reserves have we?". "There are none," came the reply.
Brunel Design has also completed a Closure Risk Assessment for the closure of DLO Caversfield near Oxford a former RAF site, including the provision of Energy Performance Certificates.
Client: Interserve (Defence) Ltd for PriDE the SE regional prime contract.
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