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To preserve and allow for the potential of such interpretation, the conservation of Class A airfields should focus on general landscape characteristics—with emphasis on scale, patterns, and spatial relationships—rather than original functions and material conditions. Also, alternative uses or development should be allowed on a limited basis. To help guide preservation efforts, a \"\"toolkit\"\" of scenario-based categories and a grading system is developed and described. Principles of preservation guidance for contemporary development are outlined through selected case studies, although the vision of Class A airfields as open-ended heritage is based on one of the distant future. This exploration of Class A airfields as open-ended spatial heritage is offered as a sort of proposal to Historic England, a government heritage agency, to develop guidelines for preserving historic airport landscapes. 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