You're correct Khlav, it did along with the other site at Flass Lane IIRC Newmarket was deemed to be the more suitable of the 3 for the community stadium for Trin

"Recommendation

Overall and on balance it is therefore recommended that planning permission be granted"

Sounds good. If we get the green light next week follwed by the 3 weeks calling in period, I wonder when we could start building ?

Its not Fat Eric you should be worried about, try reading Fat Nigel's letter of support for the stadium. Then again if you're worried about sharing with us don't read it. For the record and as I've said before I wouldn't like to share at NM or GH or the M word would soon raise its ugly head.

It has been approved so just a few weeks to wait to see if it gets called to the SOS, and if not work will start in the summer

Great news - in an interview with Steve Gill he says we could be playing in February 2017 in the new stadium. Well done to all concerned.

Well done from a fellow wakey fan and good luck to all involved including obviously the supporters. I hope it runs smoother than our venture...

Wow. That would be amazing.
Congratulations to all involved. Hope it goes well.

Let's hope all goes well.

Well done Cas I'm pleased for all you fans and I hope Wakey get a new stadium too ,failing that a major upgrade at Belle Vue

Whats the latest then. Can we expect the Steve Gill in a hard hat and vis photo shoot anytime soon?

good old wakie fan worrying about Cas because your ship is sinking quick but don't worry about us we will be fine it will go through not been called in so no need to get giddy.

He's fishing for bites more like. No better way to deflect from his own sides problems i think!.

He might be getting worried due to the latest news that the muslim community in Wakey are looking at building a new mosque on the superbowl site.

They've already got one on Agbrigg Road, unless it's an Indian Restaurant.

Fair question I thought, no need to be so touchy. Glad to hear its not been called in. So when can we realistically expect building to start?

If every thing goes through the stadium build starts dates are said to be 18-1-2016 but with been a massive job I should imgane the ground work and roads will start before .

So it still hasn't gone through then?

need more time in other words ever get number 10 make thedecision so till parlement reopens sit Waite for a couple month.

As I understand it the position is:

WMDC Planning have passed the decision to the Secretary of States office and have delayed them from making the decision until after the General Election. There is an element of the development which sits on greenbelt land and as such it has a 50/50 chance of being called in for a Public Inquiry. If that happens and we extrapolate the timeline using Wakefield's PI as a guide then a decision alone could be 2 1/2 years away.

In terms of funding, the development requires a major supermarket to sign up and that isn't looking very likely at the moment. ASDA already have a presence nearby as do Morrisons. Tesco have scrapped their new store building programme and are in fact looking at closing a number of stores. Morrisons have just posted their worst profits in over a decade and gave also scrapped any new build plans. Aldi, Lidl, Farm Foods & Iceland don't build major stores so that leaves Sainsbury's who aren't showing any interest in the development, don't currently have plans to open any major new stores because they're concentrating on the smaller locals.

Take this how you like, I wish Castleford all the best in building or improving a stadium but it's a long way off and there's some major hurdles to get over.

"In terms of funding, the development requires a major supermarket to sign up".

I didn't know Next were classed as a Supermarket.

The whole proposed development site is currently designated as Greenbelt in the LDF.

Equally, the supermarket in question is rumoured to be M&S and also Next are rumoured to have signed to place one of their Next Home stores on the development. Trust me, they have the tenants lined up and as such, if it gets handed back then it will move reasonably quickly. If not then I would expect a PI before the end of the year with a decision sometime towards the end of the first quarter of 2016.

Even if it does get handed back in May/June (which I think it will), then getting the ground up and running by the start of the 2017 becomes very tight. They clearly wanted to get the open-casting done during this summer and avoid the winter months. Only time will tell now!

Still, either way, I expect they will be in the new ground by the start of the 2018 latest.

Sounds good IA . That will do for me. Welcome to the desert that is the Cas Tigers board on RLfans.com.

P.S. - Will you be having any business interest in the proposed new stadium for Castleford Tigers ?

Thought the major super market/store was a marks and spencer's super store.

I think you might be right with M & S. I know the one in the town has problems with a leaking ceiling. It is an old building and not attached to the Carlton Lanes Centre. They have wanted a bigger presence in the area for some time so 5 Towns would be a good option.

Regarding Next, they already have a store on the Junction 32 site, but as IA states the one applied for at 5 Towns would be a Next Homes store. The nearest been in Trinity Walk at Wakefield but like M & S its not big enough.