Larkman's Boatyard For Sale

[sailorman]

Larkman's Boatyard For Sale - UK Marine Businesses for Sale

 

[Jan Harber]

The sale of Larkmans is going to affect a great many boat owners, unless it remains as a boatyard, but how likely is that?

 

[Leighb]

The sale of Larkmans is going to affect a great many boat owners, unless it remains as a boatyard, but how likely is that?

I should think it will be a worry for the many yacht owners who lay up there. Might the local planners firmly resist any idea of Change of Use to allow housing development? In view of the pressure for more new housing in the Woodbridge area they might not be helpful to the yachting community?

 

[Frayed Knot]

Seems like a very low price to me. Best part of three hundred boat spaces - always just about full each winter.
Looking at the size of the site, I would think that if development were possible the price would be far higher.
As well as being very high flood risk, access across the railway would be very restrictive as well as provision of services.
If it does cease to be a boatyard it would be a terrible blow for local boating.
Fingers crossed but there are rumours that the Sizewell C operation is interested in it as a satelite service area, having access to the rail line.

 

[Habebty]

Took my boat there Thursday for a new engine and saildrive. Nice people.

 

[Wansworth]

Form a cooperative and buy it amongst the yachtsmen in the area!

 

[LittleSister]

I would think it likely it is a high flood risk area, and hence there would be a presumption against housing (though that wouldn't rule it out), and the access across the railway level crossing will be a constraint (if I remember correctly the average house has something like 8 vehicular movements per day!).

 

[Malish]

Fingers crossed but there are rumours that the Sizewell C operation is interested in it as a satellite service area, having access to the rail line.

Isn't there still a railway direct to Sizewell?

 

[Seashoreman]

Isn't there still a railway direct to Sizewell?

Not yet. There is the old single track that goes through Leiston and stops possibly a mile from the Power Plants. This goes within a few feet of many residential properties. However a new track is being laid to join the Saxmundham - Leiston line to avoid the town. This will, apparently, go to the new Sizewell C site.

 

[jezjez]

I don’t see why they couldn’t use it to bring ashore turbines for Sizewell C and drive them up through Melton past my mum’s house. Seems logical use of small village and water way to me.

 

[Leighb]

I would have thought that the size of vessel needed for that would have serious problems negotiating the upper reaches of the Deben even at HW Springs?

 

[tillergirl]

The Sizewell Harbour will handle big stuff.

 

[jezjez]

just seems such an opportunity to cause total havoc for the locals- can’t believe they’ll miss the chance

 

[Egret]

Lets hope some people club together and buy it as a boatyard - doesn't seem a lot of money between a few people.

 

[PeterWright]

just seems such an opportunity to cause total havoc for the locals- can’t believe they’ll miss the chance

That is a grossly unfair comment.Sizewell Harbour is a landing facility to bring large components ashore directly at the Sizewell C site specifically to reduce the impact on local residents and costing considerably more than delivery by road - a repeat of the approach used for building Sizewell B.

 

[sailorman]

I would think it likely it is a high flood risk area, and hence there would be a presumption against housing (though that wouldn't rule it out), and the access across the railway level crossing will be a constraint (if I remember correctly the average house has something like 8 vehicular movements per day!).

also very close to the railway line

 

[Tomahawk]

The real problem is a so called planning system that is not fit for purpose. It prevents development as much as possible in the belief that people benefit from undeveloped land. So any land that can be redeveloped for housing is more valuable than any business returns.
James ans Stone would be a fantastic service facility for the hundreds of wind farm boats except that someone thought it would make a great housing estate.