Steamer Quay refurb removal of non EHU pitches

If reports are correct this organisation is going in the metering of ehu pitches so it will mater not what pitch you use if not wanting hookups

The site formerly had no EHU pitches, HJA, but the refurb encompasses EHU provision for the first time. Whether this is a move forward or a retrograde step is a matter of opinion.🤷🏻‍♂️

I wonder if the site will remain as popular after the refurbishment as it seems to have been when it was without EHU? I guess it's location helps but surely a major attraction was the lack of EHU and the price. No doubt it will be a lot more expensive in the future.

Clearly the Club have a long enough new lease to warrant them undertaking a major upgrade of the site. Now I appreciate that the current configuration of the site suits some people but clearly a lot of members won't go to a site without EHU. This upgrade will make it an exceptionally popular campsites I imagine. I don't think the Club have any alternative but to refurbish the site in the same fashion as other sites in the network. Leaving pitches without EHU would not maximise the return on investment? However what they could do is for the "new" Steamer Quay to be the first site with electric meters to be installed which would satisfy both those that don't want EHU and those that do. Because it currently has no EHU's it would be easy to justify the meters, if indeed meters need to be justified? Will they be brave enough to do that?

David

Quite possible ,although from what I have been advised the "trial"next year? is to be northern sites

From the website:-

Steamer Quay Club Campsite is due to undergo a full redevelopment.

Economy pitches will be converted to 46 new non-awning serviced pitches, while the work will also see new motor van waste points, new service points, a new electric vehicle charging point and a refurbishment of the toilet block. The campsite is currently closed and is expected to reopen during summer 2023 (subject to planning permission, therefore exact details and dates are subject to change).

I can't recall the site being underused even though it was all non ehu, although it could get soggy in bad weather. I think the idea now is to extend the opening season and squeeze in (3?) more pitches. Because all the new pitches will be serviced the prices will no doubt be high. I hope the roadside tarmac pitches will not form part of the new set up but who knows. 

As said before, just a few yards away motorhomes can stay overnight on the council owned riverside car park for a very reasonable fee. 

I believe a condition of the new lease i(25 years?) is that the Club develop it. It may not be cut and dried until planning permission is given?

peedee

That is interesting, if true. The further north you are the less solar available. Are CAMC deliberately setting up the trial to fail so that they can say "Nobody wants non EHU" ?