MOD to dispose of 12 sites for development
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MOD to dispose of 12 sites for development
Looks like the MOD are flogging off a few more sites to raise money for the coughers! A shame they're planning to sell off the HMS NELSON wardroom though! 
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/d...or-development
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/d...or-development
Checking out of NELSON one morning after a heavy" Purple " celebration the night before, I quoted my temporarily issued bar number to settle up.
"But that is MY bar number!!" erupted a dark blue staff officer attendee of the previous night's function, who was standing just behind me.
Time for a sharp exit........
Is Brampton already flogged off?
"But that is MY bar number!!" erupted a dark blue staff officer attendee of the previous night's function, who was standing just behind me.
Time for a sharp exit........
Is Brampton already flogged off?
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Feltham will go for a packet. Prime West London land. Maybe treble digit millions. Just don't mention the young offenders institute round the corner. I recall one SO1 out for a lunchtime run getting mugged in the park...
Can't see the nuclear/Chem old bomb dump at Barnham being a huge moneyspinner....
Sad about Nelson. Historic Mess. Make a nice hotel or more likely a block of flats in due course.
Can't see the nuclear/Chem old bomb dump at Barnham being a huge moneyspinner....
Sad about Nelson. Historic Mess. Make a nice hotel or more likely a block of flats in due course.
Given all the fuss about the 3rd runway at Heathrow would it be an idea to take all the freight traffic from there and relocate it to Mildenhall as it is already configured for freight traffic. Heathrow gets more slots and Mildenhall stays as a viable contributor to the local economy especially as the A11 has now been dual led.
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Given all the fuss about the 3rd runway at Heathrow would it be an idea to take all the freight traffic from there and relocate it to Mildenhall as it is already configured for freight traffic. Heathrow gets more slots and Mildenhall stays as a viable contributor to the local economy especially as the A11 has now been dual led.
Therefore, no relocation necessary!
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Just don't mention the young offenders institute round the corner. I recall one SO1 out for a lunchtime run getting mugged in the park...
Is Brampton already flogged off?
But with all the development at Wyton I think they may have realised, albeit belatedly, that reducing the patch over the years and selling the airfield off has now left them with no flexibility at all to cope with the current expansion. Couldn't make it up really.
As for Feltham, they're welcome to it. An industrial estate feel next door to a young offenders institute and in the Heathrow footprint. Can't think of anyone in their right minds who would want to live there - a third runway would probably improve the place!
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Too late. Brampton sold a few years back. Housing. Small patch to stay for now.
Not sure if the bulldozers have moved in but the site has been empty for a few years now.
Not sure if the bulldozers have moved in but the site has been empty for a few years now.
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There was plan publicised to turn the site into a sports centre. I think the cynics among us locally at the time were dubious. Another soulless ( but extremely profitable) dormitory housing development is more likely to be inflicted upon the village.
Kneller Hall itself is quite a small part of a large site; I doubt most of the other buildings are listed. The sports fields occupy a hefty chunk of prime real estate, though I've no idea whether development of those would be permitted...
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Just like Bentley Priory they will probably keep the hall and flatten/build on the rest. As an aside Bently now has a fine Fighter Command Musuem in the Mess that is well worth a visit. You can also take a look at all the millionaire houses around the old Mess...