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The station was formerly part of the civil parish of Eastcotts, before that was abolished on 1 April 2019.\n\n\n== History ==\n\n\n=== Construction under the Short brothers ===\nThe site started life as a private venture when aircraft manufacturing company Short Brothers bought land there to build airships for the Admiralty. It constructed a 700-foot-long (210 m) Airship hangar (the No. 1 Shed) in 1915 to enable it to build two rigid airships, the R-31 and the R-32.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardington_Airfield", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q7275217", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardington_Airfield", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 1, "county_fips": null, "opp_score": null, "opp_reasons": null, "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/other/england/cardington-northern-part-of-cardington-airfield-dsa/", "events": [], "sources": [{"id": 8575, "site_id": "n-79e252a5ca", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardington_Airfield", "title": "Cardington Airfield", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "The northern part of the site", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "The site is an operational airfield (not a mall), repurposed for Driving Standards Agency training. Original use was airport (RAF Cardington), now used for examiner training. No retail or mall-related data in record. Context shows nearby airfield developments but no mall peers. Database misclassification likely: entry describes active airfield, not former mall.", "why": "Record explicitly states 'original_use': 'airport', 'type': 'other', 'new_use': 'education' (training center), and 'after_notes' confirms operational driving examiner training. No mall references in narrative or context. Peers list actual malls (e.g., Dayton Arcade), but this entry is mislabeled as a mall site.", "where_it_stands": "Not a former mall; current operational airfield. Status 'operating' contradicts 'former mall' database premise. 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