Well, as long as they don't change Coppice, Charlies, Park, Chris, Gooseneck, Mansfield, the Mountain or Hall, then fine So a Hairpin to Barn extension sounds ok.

They could improve the facilities and track entry/exit without spoiling the track itself.

Widening the straights would be no bad thing, however I suspect they will have to widen the whole thing to support GT racing - Merc SLSs and Lambos are pretty wide!

The subtle joys of Hall, Coppice and the Gooseneck will be lost if they are any wider, I fear. I can imagine Coppice/Charlies turning into Surtees/McLaren/Clearways at Brands Indy if they widen it - which aren't bad, but aren't a patch on Cadwell's current offering.

Does anyone know to whom representations should be made to express a view on this?

Glad to see that the bridge will not constrain traffic. (see comment from the Highways department)

Gaining planning permission is a requirement and this looks like it will be a good benefit to the circuit. The Council are simply doing their job, no-one is being "stupid / unhelpful", and they will hopefully grant permission ASAP.. Lincolnshire CC will have been consulted and have a duty to respond, even if it's the standard "we're not really interested" reply.

Noooo! The best place to watch from at Cadwell is the banking on the far side of the start/finish straight because you can see from the exit of Mansfield to Hall bends, then from Barn to the first corner (name escapes me).

Putting a big bridge over the track would spoil the view. What's wrong with the current use of gates? It'd have to be a huge bridge to span that distance. Don't do it!

Regarding knocking down the old house, i don't think they can. I was talking to a marshal at our race meeting last month and apparently it's listed. They can't use it because it's condemned, but can't knock it down either. It just has to fall apart itself.

The curious thing is that everybody loathes planners until - God forbid- there is the slightest hint of a suggestion of something happening in their area they don't like . Then out they all come insisting on absolute rigid adherence to every sub clause of planning guidance. Planning rules can be irritating but for an example of what happens when you don't have decent planning control try driving through the outskirts of many big cities in France or USA.

I was there last Saturday for some bike racing and the gates were not allowed to be opened. A couple of people opened them themselves, then an announcement went out and several people were stranded over there for the rest of the day.

I guess you can walk around if you really need to, would be quite a hike though!

Bloody hell, what did they just buy half a dozen shipping containers and weld them together?

Please, no more 'improvements', It's my favourite UK circuit

I thought the above pictures were a photoshop! Really does look ste, like something a bunch of caravan-dwellers would throw up in an afternoon.

Jeez, words fail me. Only been to Cadwell a few times but I always liked the place for how nice it all looked and how good a view that part of the track had. Well... not so much now, I guess. I know it'll be useful and all that, but a little more aesthetic consideration might have been nice! Even just making the ends look a bit less like a box balanced on a bit of concrete would've made it look less bad, even if it couldn't have been placed anywhere better.