I don't see why we cannot put a retractable canvas roof up on the WT. It would cost around the million mark, but couldn't be done until the SS is complete as that would be a grounding point on one side

There is no away end at Headingley. Visiting fans are free to buy tickets for any area of the ground, even those covered and or seated.

HTH

I think the planning application is in for quite a battle the objections have begun according to YEP.sorry I couldn't post the link

I'm sure you're right & I alluded to this in my first post on all this when the proposals were first published.
The entire scheme stands or falls on the ability to raise funds from the sale of these parcels of land.
BUT the fact that both areas I believe are included in the Council's outline plans for housing development to meet the Government's targets for new house building should help.
If the proposals are called in by Whitehall following objections & presumably a public enquiry it's difficult to see how the current timetable will be achieved.

More details: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDoc ... 7327&Ver=4

More details: democracy.leeds.gov.uk/ieListDoc ... 7327&Ver=4

A pre-application meeting, followed by a three week wait for comments before a further application meeting, for stuff that was already in the public domain anyway.

God bless the slow-turning wheels of local democracy.