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Fareham Borough Council bought Daedalus from the Homes and Communities Agency on 27 March 2015, and in 2016 the airfield was renamed Solent Airport at Daedalus, Daedalus East became Faraday Business Park and Daedalus West became Swordfish Business Park.",[83,103,105],{"id":104},"who-looks-after-what","Who looks after what",[88,107,108,109,114],{},"This is one of the places where two councils meet. The town is Gosport's, while Daedalus was bought by Fareham Borough Council, which ",[95,110,113],{"href":111,"rel":112},"https:\u002F\u002Ffareham.gov.uk\u002Fbusiness\u002Fbusiness_rates\u002Fdiscounts_and_exceptions\u002Fsolent_enterprise_zone",[99],"describes the Solent Enterprise Zone"," as being at the Daedalus airfield in Lee-on-the-Solent. Enterprise zones were set up by government to encourage business growth with financial incentives for businesses and councils. 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