Mallory Park forced into administration

I don't know the full story but I wasn't surprised to see the words 'some newer residents...' appear at the beginning of the piece.
 
Mmmmm, sad. I wonder if it's a 'stand off' situation.

I live 5 miles away and can hear racing there so to live within 100yds would be a pain. Have you ever looked at a satellite view of the area?

In the early days everything would have been low-key but now there is industry there and lots of testing, track-days etc

So the problem is not just 'newer residents'. I went to a recent council meeting and they were frustrated by Mallory who continued to break agreements and threaten with closure/job losses as a way of justifying it. The latest plan to cut out the hairpin to reduce noise was laughable - if I can hear racing from here the 50yd move isn't going to make much difference.

I hope it continues as a low-key facility, but I suspect it will end up as a housing estate. The Post TT motorcycle races were legend.
 
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This is a shame.
Hi Rob sound is a complex thing and the way it propagates is very unpredictable when enviromental elements are added.
When I lived in Oz I could here the races at Phillip island track 8miles away and other times I could not. Also at Sunset Strip 2000m away there was sometimes no noise at all.
Its a bit like living under a flight path don't move there if you don't like the noise.
I can appreciate that it is used more often now.
I blame the planners for building housing so close.:(
If you remember at SPA you could hear the cars all the way up the Kemmel straight but after Les Combe and through Rivage there was little or no noise at all even though the distance was about the same, due to the terrain forming a chaotic barrier.

Chaotic sound barriers are the answer to most of these problems but these cost and may not be visually appealing.
These were used extensively in Melbourne Australia allong some of the Highways to control sound to nearby residents.
 
Sad to hear this. Having raced there a couple of times (and only just avoided having a very nasty bang) it is a shame to think it will be no more. But having heard some of the stories and seen what has been said here I cannot say I am too surprised, as previously said brinkmanship has had a part to play it seems. :(
 
personally i think it has been 'engineered' so that it closes. yes they have been totally ignoring the planning restrictions but the real crux of the matter is the increase in rent demanded by the owners. The owners are don't forget a property developement company who can of course when the circuit closes build 2000 houses and take the profit whilst seemingly not having any blame for the loss of the circuit.
 
I think you have hit the nail on the head,land is very valuable these days.
 
amocrace said:
personally i think it has been 'engineered' so that it closes. yes they have been totally ignoring the planning restrictions but the real crux of the matter is the increase in rent demanded by the owners. The owners are don't forget a property developement company who can of course when the circuit closes build 2000 houses and take the profit whilst seemingly not having any blame for the loss of the circuit.
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Its either that or an attempt to force a change in management from the present MPML to a new circuit management entity. People criticise Palmer's empire building, but one wonders if MSV would be better at running the track...

There was incidentally a story doing the rounds earlier this year that the landowner had been in talks to sell off the site for housebuilding...

The residents of Kirkby Mallory could have a whole new problem to deal with if suspicions turn out to be true and the circuit gives way to hundreds of houses.
 
According to Motorsport News the operators of the circuit (MPML) have gone into administration to strengthen their position and force negotiations?

You would think that the Kirkby Mallory residents would prefer the circuit to huge residential development - we will see.

There is actually a very large development already planned only a mile away from Mallory in Barwell 2,500 homes! Barwell S.U.E
 
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Titan Properties, the landowners, are apparently not up for negotiation yet it seems. I saw an article earlier that quoted the administrator - his approaches to Titan had been ignored. Looks like they might be playing hard ball (or have a different endgame in mind).
 
It probably proves that the main issues were that of the previous owner as a company with experience in Motorsport wouldn't consider taking it on if they thought there were too many barriers to make it work.
 
It would be a disaster if Mallory did close, lets hope the new company can make a go of it.
It makes my blood boil when new ressidents move next to a race track and then decide they don't like it.:confused:.
 
there is more behind this story than just new nimbys moving in

Lets hope that the new operators can make it work
 
Sounds to me like they were trying to make money? If a race track can't host racing, testing and various other car related and therefore noise-making events, it won't make any money......?

To me, if someone deliberately moves next to a race track, that's their problem, not the race tracks. Like me, I live on the end of a runway, I knew I was moving to the end of a runway, yes some times the noise and the jet vapour getting all-over the cars gets on my nerves, but I made the choice to move here.......if you see my point?

On the other hand, if I moved to a nice quiet little village and they then built an airport and I wasn't in agreement with that, then I'd be pissed off. I reckon Mallory has been there long enough for people to know what/where it is?
 
I'm in agreement with you Mr HollowPoint. If you move to somewhere that a 'problem' exists you should also have to accept it. However that is often not the case. The planners increasingly come down on the side of the incomers mainly because they have the money to press their case. We used to breed outdoor pigs. A new couple from town moved into a barn conversion about 2 miles away. We soon received solicitors letters telling us to control the flies generated by our farm as they were annoying this new couple!

Similarly another farmer nearby keeps peacocks and has done since I was a little boy. The calls from his male birds echo across the valley and can be heard miles away. Everybody knows about 'Sams Birds'. He recently sold some of his old brick barns which were converted to housing and the townies moved in A couple of years later they banded together and complained to the council about the noise. Sam has been ordered to taske steps to keep his birds quiet. In order to comply he has errected some very attractive signs arouind the complainants houses which read, 'PEACOCKS PLEASE BE QUIET' I think he's tried very hard to comply.
 
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I'm in agreement with you Mr HollowPoint. If you move to somewhere that a 'problem' exists you should also have to accept it. However that is often not the case. The planners increasingly come down on the side of the incomers mainly because they have the money to press their case. We used to breed outdoor pigs. A new couple from town moved into a barn conversion about 2 miles away. We soon received solicitors letters telling us to control the flies generated by our farm as they were annoying this new couple!

Similarly another farmer nearby keeps peacocks and has done since I was a little boy. The calls from his male birds echo across the valley and can be heard miles away. Everybody knows about 'Sams Birds'. He recently sold some of his old brick barns which were converted to housing and the townies moved in A couple of years later they banded together and complained to the council about the noise. Sam has been ordered to taske steps to keep his birds quiet. In order to comply he has errected some very attractive signs arouind the complainants houses which read, 'PEACOCKS PLEASE BE QUIET' I think he's tried very hard to comply.
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PMSL!!!!!!!!

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Same with dogs barking. In a previous life I had 2 Afghans and used to take them to the greyhound track in Warwick for some social racing, Once a moth on a Sunday morning.

Then they built a housing estate, about a 1/4 mile from the track and the people complained about the noise on a Sunday morning. We wrote back and said we were surprised they could hear it above the noise of the motor mowers that we could hear and then I don't what happened because I moved away
 
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