Swanage bay view finally sold?
http://www.foxleisure.co.uk/detail.asp?id=181 has sale agreed for the swanage bay view caravan park.
The following was submitted to the blog earlier:
Swanage Bay View Holiday Park has been sold!!
According to the website of Fox Leisure, which has handled the sale of SBV, as of Monday 8th June the Park is listed as SOLD. The new owner(s) is(are) not known, but the local betting is on Shorefields who own the site next door and who have an obvious relationship with SBV and the Vista.
Let's hope the Vista will continue to offer its amenities to the residents and visitors of Swanage (albeit now on a fully commercial basis). Let's also hope that the new owners develop a better relationship with the caravan owners, who constiture the largest group of visitors to Swanage and support the town in so many ways. Their patience has been sorely tested by STC over recent years.
It should be noted that the sale of SBV has been handled by STC without consultation with either the caravan owners or town residents, both of whom are major stakeholders. Therefore any credit for success, or blame for failure, must be attributed to the Town Clerk, the Mayor, STC Caravan Committee, and all the Town Council, who are entirely responsible for what transpires. Let's hope for all our sakes that wisdom has prevailed.
