MoD Linton-on-Ouse Planned
Raf · Linton-on-Ouse, North YorkshireFormer RAF station; an earlier 2022 proposal for up to 1,500 was abandoned and the site was revived as a proposal in 2026, subject to feasibility assessment and planning, with a minimum three-year operational period.
Nearby schools
Nearest school: Linton-on-Ouse Primary School (Primary), 1.04 miles in a straight line. There are 0 open schools within one mile and 1 within two.
Straight-line distances to open schools in the DfE Get Information About Schools register, shown as objective context. In 2026 the government said asylum accommodation should not be sited close to schools and nurseries; that guidance names no official distance, so these figures are not a measure against any threshold.
Local asylum coverage
- March planned in Bicester over asylum seeker housing plans
- Fury as asylum seekers moved into another tiny UK village after ‘no consultation'
- Asylum site consultation a 'win for democracy'
- Letter to Home Secretary calls for closure of “inhumane” asylum accommodation camps at former military sites
- MP concerned by 'nationally important' asylum plans
- Minister defends RAF Linton asylum plan – Final decision not made yet
Recent local coverage of asylum accommodation, via Google News. Headlines and publishers shown verbatim.