Former RAF accommodation by Cranmoor Lodge Farm, Staffordshire

Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 1 Apr 2007

RAF Perton was open between 1941 and 1946 and was built on the site of a former First World War airfield. The village of Perton now occupies the site of the former airfield. Early 1940s RAF accommodation was here by Cranmoor Lodge Farm, and was later used as a barracks for a unit of the Dutch army. In 1947 RAF Perton was abandoned and given to the Agricultural Land Commission with the Dutch camp at Cranmoor becoming a refuge camp for Poles, Latvians and Lithuanians until 1950. (Information partially from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Perton ) Around 2006, plans were submitted to convert the three main buildings to modern residential use, and also to similarly upgrade the farmhouse and its adjacent barns. Some buildings were to be demolished. Since the work was done it is difficult to take photographs from the same viewpoint. The land is private and fenced off. This https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20111002080342/http://www.sstaffs.gov.uk/pdf/Regulatory%20Committee%2022nd%20May%202007.pdf will result in the download of the 164 page detailed planning application. https://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/details.aspx?ResourceID=40329&ExhibitionID=40329&PageIndex=4&SearchType=2&ThemeID=325#top

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