On Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:47:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
MrCheerful wrote:
It must vary, I am finding it quite difficult to find real scrapyards in
my area,

Yup - not that long ago there were several round here. All housing now.
Same with lots of other businesses. Those that had relatively low rent
premises in a residential area have all now either closed or moved. And
industrial estate type premises seem to cost more.

A lot had to close for environmental reasons,the days when a pile of
cars could be left while their fluids disappeared into a muddy toxic
soup occasionally thickened with some ash or old gravel have almost
past. Dismantlers now need concrete and waste catchment though there
will still be the odd one who comes and goes unoticed for a bit.

The value of land is now enough to allow for a one off clean up and
sealing operation before house building.


G.Harman