 By late 2003 plans were underway for a public exhibition on the site which opened to visitors in 2004.In 2012 as a result of Government cutbacks and following a review of the Defence Estate the Ministry of Defence decided that the site was no longer required by the Air Force and the decision was made to terminate the lease and sell the whole site to RL(FRAFS)BLC who already held the original 25-year lease – During this period of transition the public visits continued to operate and the sale was completed on 8 December 2014.The last of the guided tours was held on 21 December 2014 and plans are now underway to close and completely refurbish the site during 2015 and Re Open it to public visits with a totally new visitor experience for Easter 2016 – The refurbishment has now been completed and the site reopened to visitors on 23 March 2016.