Driving back down the A1 today, I was doing my usual, spotting areas I fancy for a campsite. Sometimes when doing this, I see land that is very nice, or very practical, or has some other benefit, but I always end up shrugging my shoulders and muttering "maybe if i win the lottery".
Today however, with a longer than usual drive, my mind went into overtime.
OK, maybe I could,nt afford a campsite, but 100 people could !
My thoughts then went in this direction. I have not done any "pricing" of land etc,and i know that land would only be worth having with the relevant planning permissions, BUT, if say 100 people invested £1000 (numbers are VERY flexible) and enough capital was raised, they could each buy a pitch that formed a campsite. Similar to static caravan owners, the pitches could then be let, when the owners did,nt use them as little or as much as they wanted.
I did think that this may suit some of the people who spent the winter abroad particularly, but as long as the site was in a good position in the country, it could be usefull to many.
There are probably a million reasons why this couldnt be done, but in an ideal world, a campsite owned by its members, used by them and others would be a sort of Nirvana.
Today however, with a longer than usual drive, my mind went into overtime.
OK, maybe I could,nt afford a campsite, but 100 people could !
My thoughts then went in this direction. I have not done any "pricing" of land etc,and i know that land would only be worth having with the relevant planning permissions, BUT, if say 100 people invested £1000 (numbers are VERY flexible) and enough capital was raised, they could each buy a pitch that formed a campsite. Similar to static caravan owners, the pitches could then be let, when the owners did,nt use them as little or as much as they wanted.
I did think that this may suit some of the people who spent the winter abroad particularly, but as long as the site was in a good position in the country, it could be usefull to many.
There are probably a million reasons why this couldnt be done, but in an ideal world, a campsite owned by its members, used by them and others would be a sort of Nirvana.