[Closed] FlyUP 417 project

Same here, especially as it's less than an hour from my home 😆

Easier for me than FoD too, 30 mins down the M5..

Where is it, Si's based in Stroud isn't he?

If I remember right the hills have about 150m drop around there?

The website says:

[i]We are just outside Cheltenham in Gloucestershire England. Just off the J11A of the M5 and the A417 from Oxford/London[/i]

Somewhere here: [url= https://www.google.co.uk/maps/ @51.862465,-2.1174926,12z]A417 - Cheltenham[/url]

This looks exciting!

Sounds an interesting project.

Looks like it's located here: http://binged.it/1oRcrft

Which ties in with this: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-41593514.html

Good spot funkybaj, that's gotta be it. Excellent location, surrounded by loads of existing great trails, that entire area is going to be a bit of an MTB feast

amazing a mile from home!

amazing a mile from home!

That's gotta be at least 2 or 3 years til its built, what with planning...that should give me enough time to be awesomes!

Q: When do you hope to be open?

A: We are aiming for Autumn 2014 but will keep people constantly updated via social media sites and our website

This is great news. Hope it happens. 😀

Might actually have to travel [i]out[/I] of Wales to ride somewhere for a change!

Looking at the video, its right on the main hill up to the air balloon roundabout. wonder how it'll fit in with the new road plans?

The access 'should' be through little witcombe / bentham (near bentham church) right next to the 417 but not off of it. The new road layout is making the single carriageway into dual from the air balloon at the top of the hill to nettleton bottom back towards cirencester direction, so shouldnt affect it.
Hate to p00 p00 on people's hopes but that is an AONB and cotswold escarpment, hence any building etc is gonna be STRICTLY controlled - im sure they've already looked at this though.

Less than an hour away, Yipee

and nice views 😉

and nice views

Gloucester or Brockworth 😆 😯

If they can get planning it will be incredible. It couldn't be better placed for me and there's a lot of riders in the area. In fact if it is that farm I'm sure I've often daydreamed that it would make a great location for a few tracks while driving up the A417 on my way home from the M5.

I can't imagine planning should cause too many problems. Everyone knows that farms are having to diversify or die and this sounds like a great idea.

I'm just shocked at the £900k - FlyUp must do ok as even with a good business plan that's a hell of a lot of cash to invest. ;o)

Very very excited and wish them all the best. Now just got to pledge my support.

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I've paid! I might go back for more after payday, what a brilliant idea.

Quick question,

Do flyup hire bikes in Gawton, im pretty sure the FOD one hires through PABA. Just wondering if they'll hire bikes there...not a problem if not

If they can get planning it will be incredible

Would they need planning consent just to build trails?

Doesn't look like that are planning to build any new buildings there.

If they are hoping to open in the autumn then they must already have any permissions they need I would have thought.

was thinking more on the increase in traffic on a small B road, but im guessing a change in the use from agricultural to ???

Can't believe I've only just heard about this... Just down the road, and on one of my standard routes out of town !

I had seen that house for sale and dreamed about buying it to put my own tracks on. It is actually a pretty damn cheap bundle of land (because of the road noise from the A417) with a Grade 2 listed farmhouse on it.

I wonder how much a season ticket will be... guess I'll punt for one of the £100 options and bag myself a few day tickets.

Stumped up for a day pass. Looks like it will be fun little spot and not that far away from me.

Looks good. However, it's still 2.5 hours drive from me.

When, FFS, will someone open something like this is the SE?

Just saw it on PB, there's a little vid...

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/new-uk-bike-park-the-417-project-2014.html

Only an1 hour from me...happy days!!

Just gone for 2 preview days. Looks awesome and well worth funding

only a 20min ride from my house - however Credit Card payment only!!! I don't have a credit card.......

only 4 miles from my back door! Whhop, whoop! £100 smackers laid down already - and I'm sure more of my money will be going in that direction once the 4 passes are used up! Will be watching the build progress as one of our local routes provides a view down onto the property

Yay, PayPal now accepted!

Contributed. Looks great. Best of luck to them.

Good news....

http://publicaccess.tewkesbury.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=MZ4SC9QD0DW00

Paid,

Never done an uplift, cant wait!

thought this deserved a bump, they've added more funding options too
😀

Done a wee donate myself, will probably never ride there but it's still cool as.

morning bump - not long now

Wtf is going on with this, last I heard was that they havent even started the DH runs but have heard its still going ahead from a random.

Seeing as I live in close proximity and use to ride down the steps at farm down to Chelters would sure be nice to know one way or another!

To the owners if reading this get on it! And if you need a hand get in touch! As can help out no problem.

http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/417-uplift

re; planning - its a right PITA that area

Yeah right, its getting same old riding cranham and popes wood.
Need longer trails and steeper stuff!

Cycling in that area off-road seems to be a problem for some people.Look at the hassle we had in Cranham.Then years back there was the 4x-track by the Royal William and locals moaned about the tannoy on a few Sundays.Great track and people put a lot of hard work into it.Dont think theres much hope around there.Yet it should not bother anyone there!!.You wont hear them over the noise of the A417 and wont be an eyesaw like the A417.Strange country we live in 😥

Hate to p00 p00 on people's hopes but that is an AONB and cotswold escarpment, hence any building etc is gonna be STRICTLY controlled - im sure they've already looked at this though.

i hate being right sometimes 😳

I think they've got a long battle ahead of themselves

http://publicaccess.tewkesbury.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=N70G5AQDFR300

here you go time to lodge your support everyone...

Hate to p00 p00 on people's hopes but that is an AONB and cotswold escarpment, hence any building etc is gonna be STRICTLY controlled - im sure they've already looked at this though.

i hate being right sometimes

I think they've got a long battle ahead of themselves

alright i spoke to soon! BUT there are still a LOT of vague things in that app which the planner will want clarified before a decision is made and im sensing there will be a lot of conditions too. 🙁

I reckon 8 months til they are contemplating opening the DH tracks
I've signed up for the dig days so will be doing my best to help 🙂

Yet another wtf is going on bump!?

I checked the planning app earlier this week, still awaiting a decision on the application 🙁

I emailed them last week to see if there were any updates but no reply..

Gutted...I was sooooo excited about this!

Here's their reply when I asked on FB:

We've hit some delays. Had to change a few things with the plans. Just waiting for them to get signed off and digging can commence. We still massively appreciate everyone's support and patience

Fantastic news...let's hope there's something to ride by summer!

Had to change a few things with the plans. Just waiting for them to get signed off and digging can commence

they 'may' have had to change their plans to take into account for wildlife flora and fauna so could have revised the plans or had to get supporting documents

AONB and green belt are strictly adhered to round ere so the council will need to ensure its watertight

all positive stuff though and some great support shown 😀

Bloody good luck to them. Be ideal for me 😀

Iy and me!

And easier for me than FoD 😀

v666ern - Member
AONB and green belt are strictly adhered to round ere so the council will need to ensure its watertight

Both of which are particularly hard to argue for with a dirty great dual carriageway right next to it and a proposed dual track bypass in the offing just over the hill. 🙄

A few mud tracks with some lumps and bumps thrown in pale into insignificance in comparison.

You'd sure think!

😀

I'm glad I started working in Gloucester recently 😀

Both of which are particularly hard to argue for with a dirty great dual carriageway right next to it and a proposed dual track bypass in the offing just over the hill.
A few mud tracks with some lumps and bumps thrown in pale into insignificance in comparison.

Oh no you are right, you mean the vital part of infrastructure that will prevent multiple accidents each year on a dangerous road. The only single carriageway section between the m5 and the m4.
FFS I think your mixing up necessary safety improvements and having a laugh with your mates

I think he's trying to say that if they get planning for a big DC extension why wouldn't they get it for the DH tracks as they will impact the AONB less than a DC..

FFS I think your mixing up necessary safety improvements and having a laugh with your mates

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Yes i may well have :oops:, but from a planning point of view they wont see it just as

and i think your being naive to think that's all it'll be...they are talking about a drag lift for a start so you've got all the infrastructure that goes with that

I take it you saw how much work Roger and Bigfoot et al had to put in to get what 5 tracks agreed with NE in cranham...

 

No he's right I was arguing that there's no justification for pointless "improvements" to the road network given the cost and . . . . . .

actually I can't be bothered, no v666ern has missed the point.

v666ern - Member

Yes i may well have :oops:, but from a planning point of view they wont see it just as

and i think your being naive to think that's all it'll be...they are talking about a drag lift for a start so you've got all the infrastructure that goes with that
I take it you saw how much work Roger and Bigfoot et al had to put in to get what 5 tracks agreed with NE in cranham...

Cranham's a completely different kettle of fish though as while in the same area it's surrounded by some "precious" woodland and very wealthy individuals who are understandably protective of the area.

A rope tow will at worst be a wheel mounted in a solid structure at the top and a winching station at the bottom with an approx 2m wide hard track running between. Nothing that can't be simply removed. Will pale into insignificance in relation to the proposed road.

Shame there's no way to argue the point.

Speeder, i think im just being dim and theres not really a point here but cos this is the internet *fight*

Cranham's a completely different kettle of fish though as while in the same area it's surrounded by some "precious" woodland and very wealthy individuals who are understandably protective of the area.

My point is that the bike track is for recreation so in 10 years time if no one is riding anymore then this may have caused 'harm' to the AONB. Whereas the bypass may yes have impacted the AONB but in the long term it will still be there and any intial 'harm' its caused will be outweighed by the decrease in fatal accidents on that stretch of road.

My original post was over the top as yesterday i was an hour late picking my son up from nursery after a lorry had crashed on the 419 reducing it down to a single carriageway

I think you have spectacularly missed the point.

I'm sure you're right. It's everybody else which is wrong. Obviously.

Which is fine as its your opinion but of the 4 people surveyed above its 3 versus 1 which isnt really a landslide. I am merely arguing my point which i believe is valid.

So if i said that you were wrong would you change your opinion to match everyone else?

My point is that the bike track is for recreation so in 10 years time if no one is riding anymore then this may have caused 'harm' to the AONB. Whereas the bypass may yes have impacted the AONB but in the long term it will still be there and any intial 'harm' its caused will be outweighed by the decrease in fatal accidents on that stretch of road.

So if i said that you were wrong would you change your opinion to match everyone else?

The new road made not happen anyway.They are not looking into till 2020.If they had put the road where they originally planned before the pubs whinged they would go out of business there would not be all this hassle now.We have some strange ways in this country{Bloody Planning}

The local Tory propaganda sheet landed on the mat this morning with the headline

"AIR BALLON ROUNDABOUT - £250m INVESTMENT APPROVED!"

So . . . . . . . . . .about those dirt tracks.

any more news on this ?

Nothing new on the FB page about it for a long time now..

Just had this reply to a post on FB:

Everything's gone quiet as we have hit some delays and waiting on the final bit to be signed off. As you can imagine it's a huge project with a lot of red tape in our way. It's incredibly frustrating for everyone and we thank our wonderful customers for their contained patience and support. We know lots of rumours are going around but we can reassure people that we own the 100 acres and fully intend this Project to be open this year. Just please bear with us.

We should all get down there and help them clear up the red tape that's in the way

http://publicaccess.tewkesbury.gov.uk/online-applications/simpleSearchResults.do?action=firstPage

nothing on the councils website, though they have got a back log of a month so have probably asked for an extension of time

They are not even going to start looking into the new road around the Air Balloon till 2020.So theres more chance of the Downhill tracks appearing 😉