Furze Farm CL leaving the network

We certainly considered it before as a CL but other things got in the way. Must try for a few days this year.🤞

I agree that the 5 unit limit is a bit outdated but the wisdom seems to be that no one is interested in pushing that because of the risk of the whole concept being scraped so the mantra seems to be to let sleeping dogs lie.

There is a private members bill currently in parliament. Its had its first reading but its a bit tongue in cheek and I don't see it going much further other than highlighting how out of date the 1960 act is. While there is an amosphere of wanting to reduce the red tape of planning permissions, now might be the best time to push for change????. Perhaps the second reading and debate might throw up some questions that need further exploring.

peedee

"I agree that the 5 unit limit is a bit outdated but the wisdom seems to be that no one is interested in pushing that because of the risk of the whole concept being scraped so the mantra seems to be to let sleeping dogs lie."

David, I have said several times on here that it is worth upping the 5 van limit to say 10 and this would get the cl system back to where it was years ago in the number of pitches available and stave off the number of cl closures. It has always been answered as you say, don't rock the boat. However with the thoughts of the new buzz word, "staycation" there would be no better time like the present for the club to try and push this forward. 

Steve

My sister stayed there for a few days between lockdowns, she did say there was quite a bit of road noise.

With the price they're asking for a night's stay I'd certainly want peace and quiet, and an awful lot more.

David the club used to indicate why a CL was leaving the network including if they were changing to a commercial site, but they no longer do that. I have asked in the past why the change and haven't had a proper response......how strange!! I can only think that they didn't want to advertise any competitors.

The prices for what’s on offer look reasonable. Noise is a difficult one, as we all have our own tolerance. In general we haven't been bothered when others have mentioned it on reviews. The only way to find out will be to visit. It’s only 58 miles from us so worth a couple of days mid week, once we can get out and about.

Looking at the weekend and bank hol rates, I'd just as soon use a club site, especially if there's a dog or toad car involved.

Nellie

It's hardly advertising to mention it once!!! I wonder if it was because they removed the other reasons of why CL's close including not being up to standard etc so went the whole hog and removed all reasons?  

It will be interesting to see what the former CL morphs into as they don't seem to encourage touring with pricing geared to those that want to stay for a full week with extra charges if you want to stay for the weekend only. 

David

I used to argue that too - but have come the conclusion that it's not worth bothering.

Furze Farm and many other former CLs have shown that it's perfectly  possible for them to expand in their own way - without a fresh CL straitjacket limit of ten, and without restriction of customers they choose to accept - members or not. 

Furze Farm obviously has capital to expand - others may need financial help, but the Club shows no interest in investing as a shareholder to help smaller sites to grow.