I don't know how many people have heard that in an effort to cut costs
Cardiff City Council want to sell off Flat Holm Island.
You can sign this petition if you want to try to save it.

https://www.change.org/petitions/car...aaM_hKZfGvHSQI

David @the sunny end of Swansea Bay

On 06/02/2013 12:31, David Hill wrote:
I don't know how many people have heard that in an effort to cut costs
Cardiff City Council want to sell off Flat Holm Island.
You can sign this petition if you want to try to save it.

https://www.change.org/petitions/car...aaM_hKZfGvHSQI

David @the sunny end of Swansea Bay
If that link doesn't work try
Help Jo pro tect Flat Holm Island here.

On 06/02/2013 12:35, David Hill wrote:
On 06/02/2013 12:31, David Hill wrote:
I don't know how many people have heard that in an effort to cut costs
Cardiff City Council want to sell off Flat Holm Island.
You can sign this petition if you want to try to save it.

https://www.change.org/petitions/car...aaM_hKZfGvHSQI


David @the sunny end of Swansea Bay
If that link doesn't work try
Help Jo pro tect Flat Holm Island here.

I'll get it right this time
http://www.change.org/petitions/card...-holm-island-2
3rd time lucky
David

David Hill wrote:

I don't know how many people have heard that in an effort to cut
costs Cardiff City Council want to sell off Flat Holm Island.

OK. How much do they want for it?

--
Chris

!) Save it from what?

2) Why should anyone, who does not pay rates within the Cardiff area, have a say in what they do with their funds?

This is a bit misleading, because Cardiff City Council doesn't actually own it, it merely has a lease of it, up until 2074. The owner is the Crown Estate. I expect the Crown Estate would control what you can actually do with it, for example the fact taht it is a Local Nature Reserve is a condition of lease. It is also an SSSI. It has a guesthouse, an operating lighthouse and foghorn, and a number of ruined buildings. There is also some infrastructure associated with a sustainable energy demonstration project.

On 06/02/2013 13:59, CT wrote:
David Hill wrote:

I don't know how many people have heard that in an effort to cut
costs Cardiff City Council want to sell off Flat Holm Island.

OK. How much do they want for it?

If it is not saved will it sink?

--
Remember the early bird may catch the worm but the second mouse gets the
cheese.

On 06/02/2013 17:29, echinosum wrote:
David Hill;977834 Wrote:
I don't know how many people have heard that in an effort to cut costs
Cardiff City Council want to sell off Flat Holm Island.

This is a bit misleading, because Cardiff City Council doesn't actually
own it, it merely has a lease of it, up until 2074. The owner is the
Crown Estate. I expect the Crown Estate would control what you can
actually do with it, for example the fact taht it is a Local Nature
Reserve is a condition of lease. It is also an SSSI. It has a
guesthouse, an operating lighthouse and foghorn, and a number of ruined
buildings. There is also some infrastructure associated with a
sustainable energy demonstration project.

From The Telegraph

By Leah Hyslop
12:22PM GMT 05 Feb 2013
Looking for an unusual home? A windswept Welsh island that has been home
to monks, cholera victims and soldiers could soon be on the market.

Flat Holm Island is a designated wildlife haven five miles from the
coast of Cardiff which attracts boatloads of visitors each year.

It has been maintained by Cardiff Council for over a century, but harsh
budget cuts mean that the council is concerned it can no longer afford
the annual £150,000 running costs.

In budget proposals set out last week, the council said that tourist
demand for the 86-acre island in the Bristol Channel is “highly
concentrated in the summer summer months and is insufficient to cover
the operating costs of the facility”.

“It is proposed to cease all visits to the island, and dispose of the
island to a third party with no further Council involvement,” it added

SEE also
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-21289956

Another interesting article with some good pics
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#axzz2K9s2HAFC

"David Hill" wrote

I don't know how many people have heard that in an effort to cut costs
Cardiff City Council want to sell off Flat Holm Island.
You can sign this petition if you want to try to save it.

https://www.change.org/petitions/car...aaM_hKZfGvHSQI

I wonder if the National Trust would be interested, they seem to be buying
up all the coast so why not an island.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:36:56 +0100, Martin wrote:



Any new owners will be bound by the SSSI and LNR regulations.

Even if Argentina buys the island and declares UDI?

Even with our greatly reduced navy, it would be slightly easier to
retake than the Falklands :-))

Tow an aircraft carrier bridge mounted on a raft there to frighten
them off. :-)

MV Balmoral is looking for something to do and is already in the right
area.
http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/item_10390.html

When full of PSPS supporters wearing wooly bobble hats she could look
quite intimidating.

G.Harman

On 09/02/2013 14:24, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:47:45 +0000, wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:36:56 +0100, Martin wrote:



Any new owners will be bound by the SSSI and LNR regulations.

Even if Argentina buys the island and declares UDI?

Even with our greatly reduced navy, it would be slightly easier to
retake than the Falklands :-))

Tow an aircraft carrier bridge mounted on a raft there to frighten
them off. :-)

MV Balmoral is looking for something to do and is already in the right
area.
http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/item_10390.html

When full of PSPS supporters wearing wooly bobble hats she could look
quite intimidating.

LOL

The Onedin Lines Charlotte Rose is for sale. There's a monitor in
Rotterdam. It was a gunboat sent to quell native unrest.

The lead star from The O Line, has recently died.

--
Remember the early bird may catch the worm but the second mouse gets the
cheese.

The Onedin Lines Charlotte Rose is for sale. There's a monitor in
Rotterdam. It was a gunboat sent to quell native unrest.

The lead star from The O Line, has recently died.

I wasn't expecting him to be the acting skipper.


Not even a ghost of a chance?

"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:06:49 +0000, David Hill
wrote:


The Onedin Lines Charlotte Rose is for sale. There's a monitor in
Rotterdam. It was a gunboat sent to quell native unrest.

The lead star from The O Line, has recently died.

I wasn't expecting him to be the acting skipper.


Not even a ghost of a chance?

Only if he got the job on the Flying Dutchman.
--

He would have been experienced

Mike


--

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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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As previously explained, the island itself is not for sale, only a lease with about 60 years remaining.