Surely a simple email for approval prevents any legal issues. 
Sure, I am going to try that next week - the specific NOTAM that’s blocking me expires tomorrow and I want to see if it is renewed before I contact the CAA.
Stephen
The Southampton TDA is supposed to expire tomorrow at midnight… Who knows.
Edit … Here we go again. 
Active: Sunday, March 1, 2026 8:00:00 AM (UTC) until Saturday, March 28, 2026 11:59:00 PM (UTC).
I seem to have slipped out of the trust level to edit titles… could somebody please do me a favour and add the ‘s’ to Responder in the title here? It keeps making me wince 
Done 
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You better contact the CAA as it’s been renewed.
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Positive reply from AROps in less than 10 minutes. I have pasted it and my request in case that is helpful. I will let folks know if anything happens, like contact from “the Sponsor of EGD298B”.
===== AROps response =========
Your request to operate VLOS not above 400ft within EGD298B is approved; the Sponsor of EGD298B will contact you if they deem it necessary.
Please maintain a good lookout for BVLOS quadcopter activity for which EGD298B has been established.
Permission to enter EGD298B does not remove the requirement for authorisation/permissions of any Enhanced Non-Standard Flight requirements to operate in any other FRZs or Controlled Airspace and these should be sought via the usual channels
===== My reques to AROps =========
I request permission to fly a small drone (160 grams) to a height of 300 feet in or near the following location:
Earlsdon Ave N
Coventry CV5 6HE
52.404524, -1.535219
between 10AM and 3PM on March 12, 2026.
This location is currently subject to a NOTAM: Temporary Danger Area (TDA EGD298B).
Many thanks for your consideration.
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Fingers crossed for good weather on the 12th. — Stephen
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Outstanding.
Thanks for the update
EDIT:
They mention contacting you. Did you give them your digits or is it just email?
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I wonder if you have to ask on a day to day basis or request a block book of days?
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Good question. I will check this out later in the month.
I was very impressed by the speed of the response but I wonder how this process will scale if more people get into droning — just this morning I got chatting to a chap filming an historic construction project in Coventry city centre with a handheld camera. I casually mentioned I’d love to get some drone footage. He said he was about to get a drone. So then I had to say - cool, but you will need ask the Civil Aviation Authority for permission to film this, because we are in the middle of a NOTAM.
Interesting to see if the legalities of droning hamper growth of the hobby, or the hobby shapes public policy decisions around UAV regulation.
S.