Originally Posted by
Downwind.Maddl-Land
The infrastructure around LOO cannot support a huge housing estate without major Infrastructure upgrades; a more likely use for the site would be as a location for a new prison, more's the pity.
When MOD close a site, the land has to be offered to other government departments before being offered on the open market and the Home Office are always looking to build new prisons; look at Lindholme, Stradishall, Bovingdon etc.
Mind you, as Linton isn't too far from Catterick, no doubt the brown jobs are eyeing it up.