Tuesday 12 February 2013

The speculator's response

Daniel Holmes left the following comment on the previous post:

"Just wanted to let you know that this community asset that you keep talking of is actually private property.
And if you actually looked at the detailed plans on the planning website
It clearly shows provisions for the tramway and that the land has had all relevant surveys done and is not deemed as being at risk of flooding. I"


He then deleted it, but I think it deserves a response anyway. 

Just because something is privately owned does not mean it is not a community asset.  There are any number of historic buildings, open spaces and other resources which make our world a better place and add to the enjoyment of the area by all of us even though they are in private ownership.  These are community assets.

Hempshill Hall is perhaps an appropriate example of a rather less selfish attitude than yours from the owners who have invested substantial amounts of time, money and effort to restore the derelict building to a state where we can all enjoy viewing it across the fields and from the adjacent paths, and it is just this community asset which you seem so keen to destroy for short term profit.

As regards the remainder of your comment, I think that those of us who actually live in the area would take issue with the flooding risk, having witnessed some rather spectacular flooding over the past few months.

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