filmidget
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kenb - have you read any of the rest of the thread?
Same happened on the thread on Pistonheads... People wade in with the NIMBY comments when it appears to most reasonable people there is a bit more to it than that in this case.
I hope there is a way forward 'cos Mallory is one of my favourite circuits.
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kenb
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Yes thanks, whats your point? I was referring in part to the earlier comments about noise problems at other circuits where new houses are built next to existing tracks. So Mallory did a few things wrong not saying they were right to do that and by all means deal with it with legal means. But the given the impression residents "tolerate" the track in the first place, is to me wrong. Most of them barring a few possibly by now elderly people, would have had a choice before they moved there that was my point, the likelihood of unpleasant noise being more than fairly likely.
I too hope it survives, I don't like to see any race tracks disappear, seen too many oval tracks disappear for noise reasons as well.
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Interesting read. I was expecting the usual whining neighbours forcing the closure of it, then likely complaining about traffic, noise, and over development of the area when it's levelled and 1000s of houses thrown up. From reading other comments does seem the track owners been very poor neighbours at times and likely deserve a kicking.
Every business or development have rules to stick by whether related to use, noise, hours, vehicle movements etc. They are there for a reason. Either seek to have them relaxed or stick to them.
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Garry
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The day after Administrators were called into MPML, BARC set up a new company called Mallory Park Motor Racing Limited (MPMRL).
Name & Registered Office: MALLORY PARK MOTOR RACING LIMITED THRUXTON CIRCUIT THRUXTON ANDOVER HAMPSHIRE UNITED KINGDOM SP11 8PN Company No. 08716007
Status: Active Date of Incorporation: 02/10/2013
I'm sure the legal beagles will unpick it, but the Eve Hewitt is excellent at getting the stories behind the stories reported and got the above information, and later posted this on Midweek Motorsport:
Well let's see how to unpick this. The people running the circuit broke the rules repeatedly and whined when they got caught and couldn't get their own way. The company running it (MPML) is a wholly owned subsidiary of BARC. I can see no evidence, given how recently the council rejected their claim to need 160-215 noisy days a year, to suggest that there has been an attempt to recast the business, reduce operating costs, change operating parameters before putting the company into administration. So, while I wait for their accounts and the accounts of BARC to download I'll simply say that it doesn't look to me as if it NEEDED to close. Indeed it is not closed. And having a new management company run by the same people only means they start again without the liabilities of the old one. But to be clear about what we mean by liabilities that is : people's jobs, small businesses who have yet to have their bills paid, local business ditto.
Which is a view I tend to agree with.
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Last Edit: Oct 7, 2013 19:28:40 GMT by Garry
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That is amazing, they wound up one Ltd. company in order to form a new Ltd. company in order to avoid paying debts. I mean I could understand it if some disgustingly unscrupulous motor sports venue had misreported numbers in order to steal thousands of pounds from you leaving you with no re-course other than to do exactly that and then they bring in another set of people to do a carbon copy of your event... but really... it is an outrageous thing to do. Shame on Mallory Park.
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bstardchild
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That is amazing, they wound up one Ltd. company in order to form a new Ltd. company in order to avoid paying debts. I mean I could understand it if some disgustingly unscrupulous motor sports venue had misreported numbers in order to steal thousands of pounds from you leaving you with no re-course other than to do exactly that and then they bring in another set of people to do a carbon copy of your event... but really... it is an outrageous thing to do. If that wasn't so true and sad it would actually be funny........
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