Furze Farm CL leaving the network

Thanks for the update Jill. Good to know it’s still going to be around.

A sign of things to come, I suspect. 

Still, it's good that sites continue under whatever guise and that more pitches become available.

I have seen better landscaping than their architect designed for them.

Some friends of ours stayed there last year ad they advised that all the pitches are very new , a even then the owners were  looking at expanding,, Each pitch had  exclusive use of their own wash room in one of the main buildings,   and landscaping was in the planning stage

 Looks like a heli pad

Monty Don might help.

AsI've said many times its a sign of the times. Planning to expand is easy and cheap and the 5 limit is not a viable option.

Not a viable option if you want to provide the kind of facilities Furze Farm is aiming at.

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I agree that the 5 unit limit is a bit outdated but the wisdom seems to be that no one is interested in pushing that because of the risk of the whole concept being scraped so the mantra seems to be to let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. Even if there were an increase in numbers I doubt it would be enough for what Furze Farm want to do. 

As a CL it looks really good so good luck to them in their expansion plans.  Perhaps we need to persuade the Club that in situations like this the Club don't just say CL closed but something more along the lines of CL expanding into a campsite? This would be much more useful information for members.

David

As a CL it looks really good

I suppose it may appeal to those who normally stay on all facility Club sites  and who wish to dip a toe into the dangerous world of CLs.