NOW the proposed Badgerys Creek Airport has been ruled out, residents are crying out for the development restrictions on their blocks to be lifted.

Luddenham resident Peter Carr said if the airport had gone ahead his property would be inside its borders.

He said he had been living under the restrictions, which limit the work he can do on his house, for more than 25 years.

``If my house had burnt down in a bushfire, I wouldn't be able to rebuild it,'' he said.

``The worst thing was there were no concrete plans and the information kept changing.

``In 1986 the Government bought up some of the houses in our area but not ours.

``It was unclear why some blocks were purchased many on our street and very close to us.

``All we want now is to have these restrictions removed so we can do what we want with our own properties. This has been hanging over our heads for years.''

The site was ruled out as an airport by the Federal Government's National Aviation Policy White Paper which was released late last year.

The Government has established a committee to investigate possible future uses for the block.

One suggested use is as an industrial and commercial hub.

Liverpool Council general manager Phil Tolhurst said the restrictions were imposed by the Department of Planning.

The council had asked the department to remove them.

``They're still considering our request,'' Mr Tolhurst said. ``We've been following it up regularly but nothing has changed so far. As far as I know they're talking to the Federal Government about the issue.

``The restrictions called on the residents to make sure anything they build on their block includes noise attenuation measures, which I'm told can be quite expensive so, understandably, the residents are eager for the restrictions to be removed.''

Fowler MP Julia Irwin has lobbied the Federal Government for several years about lifting the restrictions. ``Now we're absolutely certain the airport isn't going ahead, I'm going to be speaking to the minister and parliament on behalf of my constituents to make sure these restrictions are removed and soon,'' she said.

``Successive Federal Governments have played with the lives of these people for 25 years and now enough is enough. Families have been kept captive over this issue for too long now. It needs to be fixed and I'm working on it.''

Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller said the council had provided residents with an administrative shortcut to get around the restrictions. ``We've called on the Federal Government to lift the restrictions as well,'' she said.