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  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    MFW_ASAP wrote: »
    Bantex seems to have vanished after making that statement. I don't think I have ever seen that happen before on this board, so I hope s/he is OK and is not lying in a hospital bed unable to post the information. :(

    For a moment, I was worried also, but his/her on/offline lamp is green now, so I imagine s/he is doing allright.
    I have no doubt s/he will come back to us shortly.
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Yes..................
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    Bantex wrote: »
    The state already own thousands of acres of unused land withing the M25. So no infrastructure needed and loads of demand. Renting out at say £1000 per month would show return of better than 10%. And also help alleviate a housing shortage.
    MFW_ASAP wrote: »
    Do you have information on this land, I'd be interested in details of where it is and why it is unused.
    mayonnaise wrote: »
    I checked it out but couldn't find it.

    Any chance you have a link or another source of information showing these thousands of acres of unused land within the M25?

    Bantex?
    Anything?
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    The info is not published, but try driving around and you will see many disused hospitals, schools, MOD land etc with nothing being done to it. Croydon council actualy own a fair amount of farmland for some reason.
  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    Bantex wrote: »
    The info is not published, but try driving around and you will see many disused hospitals, schools, MOD land etc with nothing being done to it. Croydon council actualy own a fair amount of farmland for some reason.

    Yep, this all surely adds up to thousands of acres.
    When I have a moment, I'll try driving around to see if it all adds up.
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    mayonnaise wrote: »
    Yep, this all surely adds up to thousands of acres.
    When I have a moment, I'll try driving around to see if it all adds up.

    Probably does to be fair, some of the MOD places are huge.
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    mayonnaise wrote: »
    Anything?

    No..................
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Bantex wrote: »
    The info is not published, but try driving around and you will see many disused hospitals, schools, MOD land etc with nothing being done to it. Croydon council actualy own a fair amount of farmland for some reason.

    I drive around quite a lot and haven't seen these places with infrastructure just waiting for £100k houses to be built that can raise 10% rental yield.
  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    Probably does to be fair, some of the MOD places are huge.

    Can you name any of those huge disused MOD sites within the M25?
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    mayonnaise wrote: »
    Can you name any of those huge disused MOD sites within the M25?

    Maybe the plan is to decommission existing sites such as RAF Norhalt.
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
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