Anyone else want to help save Castle Coombe from closure?

http://www.petitiononline.com/306007/

(Don't know if bikes use the circuit but, regardless, it'd be a shame to
lose it)

 

They used to - I almost did a track day there last year.

Bloody NIMBY's.

 

Done. (If I can ever get our shite new proxy to fucking get on with
it)

 

Worse, I'll bet a tenner the track has been there longer than the
people doing the complaining.

 

They may want to check the spelling before submitting it.

 

sorby emerged from their own little world to say

Yes. Fowlers in Bristol have had track days there.
http://www.fowlers.co.uk/riders_club.html#
Nothing in their diary for this year.

 

They do, and done.

 

They do, and done.

 

It's all part of the authorities banning us from deriving any sort of
pleasure from the use of motorised vehicles. DEFRA are well on their
way to out-lawing MX, Enduros, LDTs, hill rallies & green-laning. The
effective ban on speedboats on Windemere will no doubt be hailed a huge
success & adopted elsewhere. Road racing circuits are the next obvious
target, especially if they can enlist the help of a few locals to
justify their actions.

 

Keep the noise down.

 

Bear emerged from their own little world to say

It's explained quite well on their website
http://www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk/ or click on this for a direct link to
the story:
http://www.racecar.co.uk/cc/story.asp?ArticleID=87

"Whilst the Order covers all race days, the principle clause will prevent
us, after 2005, running the British formula 3 and GT Championships"

 

Yep. I live just down the road from a track (Aton eyre in Shropshire)
that until last year was used for the Masters motocross series.

It got refused permission by the local authorities after some (new)
residents in the area started kicking up a fuss about the noise and
the reduction in the quality of their lives.

Seems to be a bit of a national trend at the moment. The KRC 24 hour
event has had a 98db noise limit slapped on it too. Imposed by the
circuit owners at the moment, but the noise campaigners will not be
far behind, rest assured.

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So, could I buy a house by a main railway line and get the line closed
down?

 

In a word, no. There are certain exemptions, and for "Railway
Undertakers" is one of them. To a certain extent.

 

Ring-ding-ding-ding-ding

 

"Welcome to Castle Coombe - home of the Crazy Frog Ringtone Fanclub".

 

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Economics, innit. Get a cheap house as there is a well known nuisance,
complain, get an order for silence: instant increase of price of house.

 

Bugger. How about a busy motorway or other road?

 

Paul Carmichael emerged from their own little world to say

I thought that was the reasoning behind most British blokes going to Spain