Bezzy Oppo

Update: slowly working through the planning conditions- £12k to fill in a hole on your own land anyone? Got to love our stealth taxes. Looks like we'll be leasing the shop out and concentrating on the reception and accommodation aspects of the site. Still, moving forward!

Mine arrived today; superb in all respects. Including packaging and wrap. Cheers Phil!

The last super pic also shows how much the railway needed investment in 1953. It was a living museum.

Bet you could get a seat tho'!

I really enjoyed this, thank you!

 

 

As far as I'm concerned anybody as stupid as those caught on camera in that video and any still photographs deserves to be prosecuted to the maximum possible extent

Glad it's all started and appears to be going OK. How did you get all the fish out?

As the water level drops we drag net the length of the lake; though to be honest the heron are picking the final few off before we get to a final drag.

And down come the trees! I've been playing with a chipper that can demolish an 8 inch diameter bough in seconds; it's called a Predator and it's made by a company called Jensen. I think they missed a trick there!

Pumping out! Discharging our planning conditions (as well as water) now underway...

I hope to have this done within two years with the carpark and landscaping done this season. If anybody is coming to Pickering to see Flying Scotsman next month (don't worry she'll be here) I'll be parking the cars! 

Here are the plans and elevations of the new building, hope you like!

Full planning permission granted by Ryedale District Council this evening.

18 months and an awful lot of money to get to this point.

And I'm absolutely exhausted.

Finding solace and karma in the building of a new layout with a little help from some chums

Surely if these wang out the door at a great rate of knots at the advertised price 'someone' should be falling over themselves to commission these themselves from scratch, the tooling cost not being so much a concern?

Recommendation for approval! 

Planning committee entourage arriving next Tuesday. Planning decision Tuesday 16th Feb. Fingers crossed!

Just a quick update for those who are curious: the planning decision has been deferred until middle of February pending a site visit by the planning committee in a couple of weeks time. All the statutory consultees are happy and have withdrawn their objections I am therefore hopeful of a planning officer's recommendation for approval.

The retail area will be 1250 square feet and include modelling benches, spray booth, soldering stations, decent AV and instructional area as well as modelling ephemera, railwayana, railway art and models and books. Also cafe with view on to the NYMR running lines. Oh and of course overnight accommodation in sympathetically converted rolling stock.

Stop Press: Sequential Test passed!

Massive hurdle hurdled!

Planning decision mid-January...

Current outlay? £62k and rising. I must be mad. (statement not question)

The greatest malt I never tried was the one Mike Hale banged on about post SECC show this year. On his round he duly went to the bar for a round of the said malt (can't recall the name) only to come back requesting another choice of drink; not because they didn't have it you understand but because it was £80 quid a shot. Hilarious!

Merry Christmas Mike!

AAAAARRRGGGHHHHHH..................banjos!

Well the revised planning application is in. If anybody would like to read this several thousand page submission please be my guest! It can be found at www.ryedale.gov.uk, go to 'view a planning application'.

The planning reference number is 15/01180/MFUL and it was validated on the 12th October. Letters or e-mails of support would be greatly appreciated.

We anticipate this being decided at committee in January; fingers crossed......

Well we're nearly there. At the last minute the Council has requested a bridge survey for our access point. This is being done next week and will go in with our (redone) flood risk assessment and floodwater attenuation scheme. This has all been done in consultation with the Environment Agency so they should, in theory, withdraw their objections. We'll see. Meanwhile here's a drone shot of the site taken last week.

Yes, best of British; I'm going through a similar tortuous process at the moment!

' Question why is everybody referred to as "guys" '

I'd suggest it's just a generational thing, much like the falling standard of English comprehension.

For some reason 'guys and gals' has fallen by the way too; now then, now then...

Ooo!  Greenscene and Jarvis are the two brands I avoid like the plague because of their improbably vivid, cartoonish colours.  Noch is good (but at their prices, so it damned well ought to be!) while Woodland Scenics isn't bad and more readily available.

 

Everyone who has used it states emphatically that Polak grass is the best you can get, but it's very difficult to source and I as I haven't yet done that all I can do is pass on the comments of others.

Polak last month appointed a UK and Ireland exclusive distributor so I would anticipate the roll out of their ranges in the next few weeks or so.

Finally, finally we are getting to a point where the planning application will be resubmitted. Hopefully in next 2-3 weeks. The major obstacle has been getting to an agreement with the Environment Agency in the area of mathematical flood modelling. We'll be having Swales and attenuation tanks and all manner of expensive gizmos just so we can build what is effectively a replacement building! Anyway, movement forwards at last.

Dave,

I've a pass out; would you like me to bring any change down with me?