RAF Scampton Cancelled/never opened
Raf · Scampton, LincolnshireFormer RAF base whose planned asylum use was cancelled on 5 September 2024 on value-for-money grounds (estimated cost at least £180m); the site never opened for asylum use.
Nearby schools
Nearest school: Pollyplatt Primary Academy (Primary), 0.69 miles in a straight line. There are 1 open school within one mile and 2 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
- Government could revisit RAF Scampton asylum plan
- Home Office will not use RAF Scampton for asylum accommodation
- Government announce former RAF Scampton will no longer be used to house asylum seekers
- Plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Scampton axed
- Dambusters base saved from becoming asylum centre
- Sir Keir Starmer vows not to use RAF Scampton for asylum seekers
Recent local coverage of asylum accommodation, via Google News. Headlines and publishers shown verbatim.