Lerwick Campsite

[Rasmie]

With the High School moving, I think the current car park and adjacent playing field would make an excellent campsite in da toon. The grass area excellent for pitching tents and the car/bus park excellent for caravans and campervans.

It would be a big boost to tourism and make up for the loss at Click-him-in.

or we could turn it into a building site

[Capeesh]

Brilliant idea, I wonder if it was suggested at the public consultation last year?

http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/12871-sic-to-seek-views-on-uses-for-old-ahs-site

Edited April 27, 2017 by Capeesh

[George.]

With the High School moving, I think the current car park and adjacent playing field would make an excellent campsite in da toon. The grass area excellent for pitching tents and the car/bus park excellent for caravans and campervans.

It would be a big boost to tourism and make up for the loss at Click-him-in.

or we could turn it into a building site

 

If they don't choose to use the old AHS as a campsite then it would be worth considering using the councils *hitehouse in a similar manner. Tents could be put up in the car park and there are certainly enough toilet facilities. The people working there at present could either take early retirement, or move over to the new jobs available as the tents do have to be put up and somebody needs to do it. Of course, they could just be sacked and employees that are actually capable of carrying out their job could be brought in.

[ll]

will they let out the hostels in the holidays to make money?

[Capeesh]

If this document is the latest published development brief it looks like there's still a long way to go with the AHS site.The initial rough plan (see page 14 of the pdf) shows the east side of the AHS is going to remain a green space. The west side earmarked for housing, a large chunk in the middle for "mixed use" and the listed buildings remaining. A disclaimer does say this could be subject to significant change though.

http://www.shetland.gov.uk/planning/documents/DevelopmentBrief-KnabCampus-Final-Approved.pdf

Edited April 28, 2017 by Capeesh

[Capeesh]

My preference would be to demolish all the non listed buildings, plant a few trees, stick a few paths in, maybe a playground for the kids and create a large park and protect it from further development. New York = Central Park, London = Hyde Park, Lerwick = Anderson Park

[BigMouth]

No, we need more housing. Build a load of buy to let houses. At least that way half of Shetland can retire in obscene comfort, whilst people wanting to move to Da Toon could.

[menkeeeaneahi]

theyll need the ahs site for an extension to the graveyard soon enough

 

ever increasing population = ever increasing pile of stiffs to lose

[BigMouth]

We need a crematorium, because we do not have infinite space. I would be more than happy to go in the district heating incinerator, at no cost to the relatives, to keep the good folk of Lerwick warm, but we are really queasy in the UK about disposal of bodies. If we have to bury the corpses, why are we burying them in the island's most expensive land?

[Frances144]

will they let out the hostels in the holidays to make money?

 

Now that is an excellent idea.  They do that at some of the boarding schools and universities south for summer school.

[JustMe]

 

will they let out the hostels in the holidays to make money?

 

Now that is an excellent idea.  They do that at some of the boarding schools and universities south for summer school.

 

Not only for Summer School..........some universities rent out rooms to tourists and travellers (of any age) at really good prices.  I am thinking of staying in a LSE hall of residence in London (central London at that) for about £35 a night including breakfast.  If it works for them then why not for the AHS?.  

[Frances144]

Exactly.  My youngest daughter spends the last week of every term bundling up her stuff and shoving it into boxes to go into storage (as, thankfully Shetland is considered overseas in the UK!) while her college rent out her room to whoever is doing whatever course in her town

 

(Oxford, thank you for thinking!)

[JustMe]

Lots of Universities let out their rooms to travellers in the summer so why not the AHS.  I have stayed in two Unis in London as well as Exeter and Plymouth and will certainly consider more,

[suuusssiiieee]

Valid point on an extension to the Cemetery, because in time it will be required.

 

In fact there are few options in town for a new Cemetery full stop come to think of it. 

[MuckleJoannie]

I seem to mind summer schools being run at the school hostels in the 1960's/70's.