Would YOU turn down 275 million to 'save' your village?

[hornetrider]

...from developers?

This man did!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/far...

I'd be buying an island in the pacific, quite frankly. And putting together a collection of the world's finest automobiles.

How about you?

[greygoose]

I suspect he isn't poor to start off with, good on him for standing by his community.

[Grumfutock]

To answer the OP question...HELL NO!

[Bluebarge]

I suspect he's been offered nothing like that, and has taken the highest possible figure for the best bit of his land and extrapolated a magic number for the whole site in order to make himself out to be a hero.

And no, I'd sell and buy several nice bits of real estate somewhere else.

[LukeR94]

anonymous said:

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Agreed, for that price im a big meat slave.

[Axionknight]

Nope, show me the money! I can live with the scorn of the old duffers that I live alongside, frankly, not that I'd stick around if I had that sort of cash.

[Shuvi McTupya]

Another vote for taking the money and getting out of dodge!

Some quick maths though.
10,000 homes on 550 acres. Without parks,roads,pavements, shops,schools or any other facilities that is about 30ft x 60ft per plot.

Move to the country, enjoy some open space

[Looket]

Not sure. There aren't many things I wouldn't do for that kind of money, but losing and simultaneously destroying the family farm would probably be on that list... after many, many sleepless nights and a great deal of soul searching. And I'm only the third generation, live in a different country altogether and have never spent more than a few weeks at a time there.

Matters such as these can do strange things to a man.

[Axionknight]

Shuvi McTupya said:

Another vote for taking the money and getting out of dodge!

Some quick maths though.
10,000 homes on 550 acres. Without parks,roads,pavements, shops,schools or any other facilities that is about 30ft x 60ft per plot.

Move to the country, enjoy some open space

Awful isn't it, all crammed in like that? Presumably "'modern, chic flats"..... Sorry, apartments.

[catso]

He may have turned it down now but one day his kids will sell it for more...

[Foliage]

265million over priced, that's a lot of money, land with planning is usually about £10k an acre.

[Du1point8]

catso said:

He may have turned it down now but one day his kids will sell it for more...

If his kids are old enough and now found out what he did, they are probably working out ways to 'remove' him from the situation and never have to farm again.

[barryrs]

Foliage said:

265million over priced, that's a lot of money, land with planning is usually about £10k an acre.

Please tell me where this land is at that price, we are close to a million in the South West.

[Timmy40]

barryrs said:

Foliage said:

265million over priced, that's a lot of money, land with planning is usually about £10k an acre.

Please tell me where this land is at that price, we are close to a million in the South West.

I was thinking that! Land without PP is £10k an acre.

[Foliage]

Timmy40 said:

I was thinking that! Land without PP is £10k an acre.

Yep sorry that should have read without planning :S

[Oakey]

"There are currently 46 houses and flats for sale in RH17 with an average asking price of £756,591"

I can see why local residents would be against it.

[kev1974]

No, because either some other farmer will sell the developers their land instead, or if he continues to hold out and the government/council/developers want his particular bit of land enough they'll just compulsorily purchase it at a much lower value anyway.

[JB!]

Show. Me. The. Money.

To be fair if that was their first offer, I'd be coming back at 325mil...

[krallicious]

If I was in his situation I would be looking for a house in Provence, a mews house in London, a cottage on Islay and a flat in St Anton. Safe to say I would be taking the money and running

[funkyrobot]

Good on him.

Far too much land is being ruined by estates full of pathetic houses at the moment. Nobody seems interested in addressing the reasons behind the apparent housing shortage.