Build houses on golf courses - especially in Surrey?

[guest100718]

Sorry I don't understand that reference

ONE house locally was recently knocked down, 15 properties were built in it's footprint. 5 x houses, 10 x flats, perfect if you ask me.

I beleive he is suggesting high rise flats were not really the success that they had hoped when they were built in the 60 and 70s.

 

[delc]

I beleive he is suggesting high rise flats were not really the success that they had hoped when they were built in the 60 and 70s.

If you go to other European countries, people seem quite happy to live in high rise apartment blocks, and this makes better use of land than lots of tiny two bedroom rabbit hutch starter homes! However these apartment blocks seem to be much better constructed than the cheap rubbish thrown up in the UK in the 1960's, much of which has already had to be demolished! Beware politicians making promises about new housing!

 

[dufferman]

Courses in South-East England that I know to be under threat of redevelopment for housing or HS2:

Blue Mountain in Bracknell, Basingstoke Golf Club, Ruislip Golf Course, Uxbridge Golf Course, Bearwood Golf Course in Reading (already closed I believe). A lot of these are council owned pay and play courses where newcomers to the game might start playing, so rather worrying for the future of golf! :angry:

To be fair - Uxbridge GC is already on a loss since it lost 5 holes to gas works which, according to rumour, the contractor went bust after digging the 5 holes up and doing the work, so the holes were never re-made.

They apparently only have 30 members of which more than 50% are 'away'.

So I'm not surprised that it's going to close. It is also on a road where the houses are worth £1million+ (The Drive) so it would be a prime bit of land to extend the road!!

I played Ruislip a few weeks ago too. Not the best condition of course (naff greens, dodgy fairways etc) but still a challenge. They've put money into the course recently, maybe trying to avoid a housing development.

Both Uxbridge & Ruislip run by Hillingdon Council. So if they do decide to close, not a lot anyone can do!

 

[Doon frae Troon]

The provision of golf courses by councils is no longer high on the agenda, lots of private pay and play courses available now.
Many private golf clubs will also accept new members with the only priority being the ability to pay the subs.

 

[delc]

If you allow golf courses to become run down, a lot of players will leave to join clubs with better courses. This almost seems to be council policy for muni courses around here, so they can then make a killing by selling the land for development. Bet this doesn't happen in Scotland! :angry:

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Though Bearwood got bought by Reading FC for their training ground rather than housing (although they could probably get plenty on there as well).

 

[Doon frae Troon]

If you allow golf courses to become run down, a lot of players will leave to join clubs with better courses. This almost seems to be council policy for muni courses around here, so they can then make a killing by selling the land for development. Bet this doesn't happen in Scotland! :angry:

Land is cheap in Scotland, one thing we have lots of.

I think many Scottish Munis will close over the next decade.
Too many courses , not enough golfers.

I heard the other day that one of the big East Lothian courses was in trouble.

 

[Old Skier]

Taunton Vale GC closes on 1 November and has a membership of over 700. Its supposed to be reverting back to farmland but with easy access to the M5 I wounder how long it is before another development springs up.

 

[Adi2Dassler]

There has been a long standing battle in Portobello ( East Edinburgh) over the re-siting of the high school on football pitches which is adjacent to Portobello 9 hole gc.The initial suggestion was build the school on the pitches, sell the golfie and create a new course a few miles out of town.Uproar ensued and the golfie was saved...I was delighted,my first proper course.

Edinburgh council have been hinting for years there is an over provision of muni courses in Edinburgh (six now I think, since they combined braids 1/2) and I think it's a cert that within the next 10 years we'll be down to 4.A shame, but given we probably are over provided with courses in Edinburgh and surrounding and privates can't survive, it's inevitable I think.

 

[delc]

There has been a long standing battle in Portobello ( East Edinburgh) over the re-siting of the high school on football pitches which is adjacent to Portobello 9 hole gc.The initial suggestion was build the school on the pitches, sell the golfie and create a new course a few miles out of town.Uproar ensued and the golfie was saved...I was delighted,my first proper course.

Edinburgh council have been hinting for years there is an over provision of muni courses in Edinburgh (six now I think, since they combined braids 1/2) and I think it's a cert that within the next 10 years we'll be down to 4.A shame, but given we probably are over provided with courses in Edinburgh and surrounding and privates can't survive, it's inevitable I think.

Perhaps would could persuade the millions of immigrants who live in the South-East of England to move up to Scotland? Then your munis will have a bigger population base to sustain them and our courses will cease to be targets for housing development!

 

[Adi2Dassler]

Perhaps would could persuade the millions of immigrants who live in the South-East of England to move up to Scotland? Then your munis will have a bigger population base to sustain them and our courses will cease to be targets for housing development!

They'd be very welcome.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I heard the other day that one of the big East Lothian courses was in trouble.

Which one?

 

[JustOne]

I beleive he is suggesting high rise flats were not really the success that they had hoped when they were built in the 60 and 70s.

Ah right, I was meaning something 4 floors high, not 40.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Roofs to put over people's head at the end of the day is more important to the population of the UK than golf courses

If a club is closing to make way for houses it's because it's not making enough money

Obviously the ones that are being ruined because of HS2 is a different ball game

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Which one?

Just what I heard from a staff member so it may not be kosher. If it is true it is one of the big new ones and I am not really surprised.
It would certainly make a good expensive housing estate.

 

[patricks148]

one of the course in Inverness was built just to get houses on the site. The course has been changed 3 times now to make way for more houses. i can see in the next few year them just building on the rest. Was farm land before.

its strange as all the other land nearby was also Farmland and they built on that no problem, maybe he was just bribing the wrong people

 

[SocketRocket]

Roofs to put over people's head at the end of the day is more important to the population of the UK than golf courses

If a club is closing to make way for houses it's because it's not making enough money

Obviously the ones that are being ruined because of HS2 is a different ball game

Do you mean it's not Cricket

 

[FairwayDodger]

Just what I heard from a staff member so it may not be kosher. If it is true it is one of the big new ones and I am not really surprised.
It would certainly make a good expensive housing estate.

I'm a member of one of those so a tad concerned....

 

[delc]

The provision of golf courses by councils is no longer high on the agenda, lots of private pay and play courses available now.
Many private golf clubs will also accept new members with the only priority being the ability to pay the subs.

The cheapest private golf club I know of round here charges £1300 for membership, which is a considerable investment for the less well off. This particular club has a waiting list at the moment. :mmm:

 

[Adi2Dassler]

Just what I heard from a staff member so it may not be kosher. If it is true it is one of the big new ones and I am not really surprised.
It would certainly make a good expensive housing estate.

I'd guess Craigielaw, maybe Renaissance?