Ah, see, it sounds like you've really done your planning - i bet you have a fabulous birth Also i can see why VBACing women WOULD want to be in a place like this, but i bet there's a bunch of non-local multipara's with straightforward vaginal births behind them booked for no other reason than "to be safe"... Looks like a review of the care system is needed!
Given that they are a public hospital, is that even possible, though? You just get put with the hospital in your catchment area, I thought. I was certainly not accepted to a number of hospitals because I wasn't "in their area" and not high risk.