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! :ugh:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/d...or-development

HMS Nelson wardroom - another piece of history going

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?

Molesworth and Mildenhall? :confused::confused:

And Feltham? :confused::confused:

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.

To be fair, NELSON is in a pretty sh!t location.

Presumably Kneller Hall is also a prime piece of real estate?

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.

It won't be as it was already sold off, years ago, and is now Gorse Industrial Estate ;)

I really don't think there is much pure freight traffic at Heathrow, if any these days. Most freight to and from Heathrow will be on passenger flights as belly cargo.

Therefore, no relocation necessary! ;)

Always knew sport was bad for you.

Not sure what's going on with Brampton. I was visiting a friend on what's left of the patch before Christmas, a very eerie feeling as the station has shut down but there are still a few people left on the patch. I think the original plan was to sell it off and make a packet from it - Brampton village was featured in Country Life as one of the best commuter places to live for London.

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!

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.

Brampton
 

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.

Re the proposed sale of HMS Nelson wardroom - I hope that the impressive dining room frieze will be subject to protection?

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8162/7...0a006d92_b.jpg

See that Kneller Hall is going.

According to Wiki it is listed so what can they do with it?

Turn it into Apartments?(That's Flats in old speak)

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...

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...

Hullavington being sold off - to become a dormitory for Chippenham/Bath/Bristol presumably.

Barnham - the old bomb dump is long gone, but RAF Barnham is still quite a large domestic site used as a Honington overspill.