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As there will be people looking-in on this ng who have memories of (and
may be interested in the fate of) the London Road site and are not
living locally, this may be of interest: from today's 'Bracknell News'.
Extracts only: .....

extracts

"Plans to build 275 homes on the former Met Office site will be shown to
the public at an exhibition next week. Fairview New Homes, which bought
the site in August, wants to knock down the existing buildings and
replace them with what is expected to be a mixture of flats and houses.
The landmark building has been empty since winter 2003 when the Met
Office moved to new headquarters in Exeter."

.... " there were concerns about the amount of traffic that would be
produced by the new development. "

.... " chairwoman of Bullbrook Community Association, said 'I think
200-odd flats would not be welcome to the people in Bracknell'. She said
that people in Bracknell wanted the site turned into a hospital for the
town .... this has now been ruled out. "

" Revamping the site is a crucial part of the borough council council's
Eastern Gateway Brief, which set out a vision in 2003 of how councillors
wanted it to become an attractive entrance to the regenerated town
centre."

" ... it (the Council) recommended mostly housing for the redeveloped
eastern gateway, which includes not only the Met Office but also the
area around Bracknell and Wokingham College in Church Road, the Eastern
industrial estate and London Road."

/extracts

I can remember when this area (i.e. along London Road) was primarily
housing - ribbon development that was demolished to make way for the
various office complexes in the area - coming full circle now.

Martin.


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In parallel with that I can report that the old Met Office College at
Shinfield has recently been flattened by the bulldozers to make way for
housing. In addition the road on the southern side of the College site has
now been bypassed by a new roundabout complex. Anyone who buys those houses
is going to need ear defenders, even with the change of nearby roads it is
still a very noisy site as I remember from my five years there as an
Instructor.


Dave S.



"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
...
As there will be people looking-in on this ng who have memories of (and
may be interested in the fate of) the London Road site and are not living
locally, this may be of interest: from today's 'Bracknell News'. Extracts
only: .....

extracts

"Plans to build 275 homes on the former Met Office site will be shown to
the public at an exhibition next week. Fairview New Homes, which bought
the site in August, wants to knock down the existing buildings and replace
them with what is expected to be a mixture of flats and houses. The
landmark building has been empty since winter 2003 when the Met Office
moved to new headquarters in Exeter."

... " there were concerns about the amount of traffic that would be
produced by the new development. "

... " chairwoman of Bullbrook Community Association, said 'I think 200-odd
flats would not be welcome to the people in Bracknell'. She said that
people in Bracknell wanted the site turned into a hospital for the town
.... this has now been ruled out. "

" Revamping the site is a crucial part of the borough council council's
Eastern Gateway Brief, which set out a vision in 2003 of how councillors
wanted it to become an attractive entrance to the regenerated town
centre."

" ... it (the Council) recommended mostly housing for the redeveloped
eastern gateway, which includes not only the Met Office but also the area
around Bracknell and Wokingham College in Church Road, the Eastern
industrial estate and London Road."

/extracts

I can remember when this area (i.e. along London Road) was primarily
housing - ribbon development that was demolished to make way for the
various office complexes in the area - coming full circle now.

Martin.


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In parallel with that I can report that the old Met Office College at
Shinfield has recently been flattened by the bulldozers to make way for
housing. In addition the road on the southern side of the College site has
now been bypassed by a new roundabout complex. Anyone who buys those houses
is going to need ear defenders, even with the change of nearby roads it is
still a very noisy site as I remember from my five years there as an
Instructor.


Dave S.



"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
...
As there will be people looking-in on this ng who have memories of (and
may be interested in the fate of) the London Road site and are not living
locally, this may be of interest: from today's 'Bracknell News'. Extracts
only: .....

extracts

"Plans to build 275 homes on the former Met Office site will be shown to
the public at an exhibition next week. Fairview New Homes, which bought
the site in August, wants to knock down the existing buildings and replace
them with what is expected to be a mixture of flats and houses. The
landmark building has been empty since winter 2003 when the Met Office
moved to new headquarters in Exeter."

... " there were concerns about the amount of traffic that would be
produced by the new development. "

... " chairwoman of Bullbrook Community Association, said 'I think 200-odd
flats would not be welcome to the people in Bracknell'. She said that
people in Bracknell wanted the site turned into a hospital for the town
.... this has now been ruled out. "

" Revamping the site is a crucial part of the borough council council's
Eastern Gateway Brief, which set out a vision in 2003 of how councillors
wanted it to become an attractive entrance to the regenerated town
centre."

" ... it (the Council) recommended mostly housing for the redeveloped
eastern gateway, which includes not only the Met Office but also the area
around Bracknell and Wokingham College in Church Road, the Eastern
industrial estate and London Road."

/extracts

I can remember when this area (i.e. along London Road) was primarily
housing - ribbon development that was demolished to make way for the
various office complexes in the area - coming full circle now.

Martin.


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In parallel with that I can report that the old Met Office College at
Shinfield has recently been flattened by the bulldozers to make way for
housing. In addition the road on the southern side of the College site has
now been bypassed by a new roundabout complex. Anyone who buys those houses
is going to need ear defenders, even with the change of nearby roads it is
still a very noisy site as I remember from my five years there as an
Instructor.


Dave S.



"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
...
As there will be people looking-in on this ng who have memories of (and
may be interested in the fate of) the London Road site and are not living
locally, this may be of interest: from today's 'Bracknell News'. Extracts
only: .....

extracts

"Plans to build 275 homes on the former Met Office site will be shown to
the public at an exhibition next week. Fairview New Homes, which bought
the site in August, wants to knock down the existing buildings and replace
them with what is expected to be a mixture of flats and houses. The
landmark building has been empty since winter 2003 when the Met Office
moved to new headquarters in Exeter."

... " there were concerns about the amount of traffic that would be
produced by the new development. "

... " chairwoman of Bullbrook Community Association, said 'I think 200-odd
flats would not be welcome to the people in Bracknell'. She said that
people in Bracknell wanted the site turned into a hospital for the town
.... this has now been ruled out. "

" Revamping the site is a crucial part of the borough council council's
Eastern Gateway Brief, which set out a vision in 2003 of how councillors
wanted it to become an attractive entrance to the regenerated town
centre."

" ... it (the Council) recommended mostly housing for the redeveloped
eastern gateway, which includes not only the Met Office but also the area
around Bracknell and Wokingham College in Church Road, the Eastern
industrial estate and London Road."

/extracts

I can remember when this area (i.e. along London Road) was primarily
housing - ribbon development that was demolished to make way for the
various office complexes in the area - coming full circle now.

Martin.


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In parallel with that I can report that the old Met Office College at
Shinfield has recently been flattened by the bulldozers to make way for
housing. In addition the road on the southern side of the College site has
now been bypassed by a new roundabout complex. Anyone who buys those houses
is going to need ear defenders, even with the change of nearby roads it is
still a very noisy site as I remember from my five years there as an
Instructor.


Dave S.



"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
...
As there will be people looking-in on this ng who have memories of (and
may be interested in the fate of) the London Road site and are not living
locally, this may be of interest: from today's 'Bracknell News'. Extracts
only: .....

extracts

"Plans to build 275 homes on the former Met Office site will be shown to
the public at an exhibition next week. Fairview New Homes, which bought
the site in August, wants to knock down the existing buildings and replace
them with what is expected to be a mixture of flats and houses. The
landmark building has been empty since winter 2003 when the Met Office
moved to new headquarters in Exeter."

... " there were concerns about the amount of traffic that would be
produced by the new development. "

... " chairwoman of Bullbrook Community Association, said 'I think 200-odd
flats would not be welcome to the people in Bracknell'. She said that
people in Bracknell wanted the site turned into a hospital for the town
.... this has now been ruled out. "

" Revamping the site is a crucial part of the borough council council's
Eastern Gateway Brief, which set out a vision in 2003 of how councillors
wanted it to become an attractive entrance to the regenerated town
centre."

" ... it (the Council) recommended mostly housing for the redeveloped
eastern gateway, which includes not only the Met Office but also the area
around Bracknell and Wokingham College in Church Road, the Eastern
industrial estate and London Road."

/extracts

I can remember when this area (i.e. along London Road) was primarily
housing - ribbon development that was demolished to make way for the
various office complexes in the area - coming full circle now.

Martin.


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"DAS" wrote in message
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In parallel with that I can report that the old Met Office College at
Shinfield has recently been flattened by the bulldozers to make way
for housing. In addition the road on the southern side of the College
site has now been bypassed by a new roundabout complex. Anyone who
buys those houses is going to need ear defenders, even with the change
of nearby roads it is still a very noisy site as I remember from my
five years there as an Instructor.


.... yes Dave: I remember that it was always a bonus to be on the 'Lodge'
side of North House - less noise!

Martin.



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"DAS" wrote in message
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In parallel with that I can report that the old Met Office College at
Shinfield has recently been flattened by the bulldozers to make way
for housing. In addition the road on the southern side of the College
site has now been bypassed by a new roundabout complex. Anyone who
buys those houses is going to need ear defenders, even with the change
of nearby roads it is still a very noisy site as I remember from my
five years there as an Instructor.


.... yes Dave: I remember that it was always a bonus to be on the 'Lodge'
side of North House - less noise!

Martin.



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"DAS" wrote in message
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In parallel with that I can report that the old Met Office College at
Shinfield has recently been flattened by the bulldozers to make way
for housing. In addition the road on the southern side of the College
site has now been bypassed by a new roundabout complex. Anyone who
buys those houses is going to need ear defenders, even with the change
of nearby roads it is still a very noisy site as I remember from my
five years there as an Instructor.


.... yes Dave: I remember that it was always a bonus to be on the 'Lodge'
side of North House - less noise!

Martin.



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"DAS" wrote in message
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In parallel with that I can report that the old Met Office College at
Shinfield has recently been flattened by the bulldozers to make way
for housing. In addition the road on the southern side of the College
site has now been bypassed by a new roundabout complex. Anyone who
buys those houses is going to need ear defenders, even with the change
of nearby roads it is still a very noisy site as I remember from my
five years there as an Instructor.


.... yes Dave: I remember that it was always a bonus to be on the 'Lodge'
side of North House - less noise!

Martin.



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That would be the college that about 8 years ago they built the new,
probably now demolished college accommodation!

Martin Rowley wrote:
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In parallel with that I can report that the old Met Office College at
Shinfield has recently been flattened by the bulldozers to make way
for housing. In addition the road on the southern side of the College
site has now been bypassed by a new roundabout complex. Anyone who
buys those houses is going to need ear defenders, even with the change
of nearby roads it is still a very noisy site as I remember from my
five years there as an Instructor.



... yes Dave: I remember that it was always a bonus to be on the 'Lodge'
side of North House - less noise!

Martin.





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