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Why couldn’t Ascot, Epsom or Doncaster be sold for redevelopment?
Town Moor & Town Fields are protected areas they cannot be sold or developed on.
There is no way on earth you would get planning permission for Epsom. Downs. Same would apply to.goodwood surely
Why couldn’t Ascot, Epsom or Doncaster be sold for redevelopment?
Ascot is part of the Crown Estate – effectively the Queen’s back garden.
Epsom is on common land which would require an Act of Parliament and you know yourself the topography doesn’t lend itself to building.
Cartmel is owned by The Priory and I cannot ever see that being used for development – that’s also the reason Cartmel never races on a Sunday.
…apart from the one time they raced on a Sunday. 2016 was the first time I believe and it’s programmed again in 2017.
Cartmel seems to be on the Holker Estate, owned and operated by Lord Cavendish via Holker Holdings Ltd – see the group consolidated accounts filed here 5 days ago:
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03524887/filing-history
2017 fixtures seem to include Sunday 2nd July:
http://cartmel-racecourse.co.uk/racing-fixtures/fixtures-diary/
Or York or Cartmel?
This from the Kempton thread
York’s on common land Clive. The enclosures and track itself are on some sort of convoluted long lease from the council. It’s a lovely recreational acreage for the citizens of York but is not actually much good for anything else as it tends to flood most wintersFurther info here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strays_of_York
note the phrase: “as an open space for the benefit and enjoyment of the citizens of York for all time”
Daresay, it doesn’t mean it can’t ever be repealed but the blessed Strays seem as safe from development as they’re likely to be ever be
When the new ‘bend’ was laid at York some years ago, making it a circuit, it was on the strict understanding that the land from the old 2m (Lonsdale) start to the 14f (Ebor) start was returned to the Knavesmire common land, which I’m glad to report it has been
Although the public are free to do so and have full access to it, there’s a voluntary understanding that the racetrack itself is not used recreationally, in order to preserve the turf. A few do of course flout this but most don’t, which is nice
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