Cas have planning permission for the new ground and full designs drawn up as soon as opus send the money we can begin to build the stadium (well more or less it will take a few weeks for us to appoint contractors and order the materials etc) opus will give us the money for wr as soon as its gets pp for the new supermarket.

Cheers to the Hull fans who signed after I posted in on their forum.

Cheers

Just to add to whats been said already, there is no issue with planning for the new ground this has been passed and is ready to go, if we had the money we would be able to start tomorrow. Castleford have made no secret to the fact that we need to sell Wheldon Road before we can finance the stadium. The petition is to encourage the council to act quickly on passing plans for redevelopment on the current ground and not let it drag on for months/years. Once we get permission for a supermarket then Opus Land will release funds for us to begin building the new ground.

you think?

it will take a while to tender the contract etc. I would imagine.

I doubt Wakey or Cas will be in new grounds soon, unfortunately.

No, Wakey have cash, whereas Cas don't (at the moment). Wakefield's only problem is that we have to wait another 6 months at the least to see if we can build. Neither club is in a better position than the other IMO.

A poor state of affairs on both parts.

Don't talk about what you don't know about lad, cheers.

Wakefield have no cash unless the pi goes there way and have no back up.

Cas have the money if pp goes through on wheldon road, if not we will be able to sell wr to someone else.

Cas will own there own ground when it gets built which give us a much better income stream.

I hope that Castleford manage to sell the old ground for enough money to fund the proposed new one, but why would WDC take any notice of signatures on a petition from people who live nowhere near Wheldon Road. Surely it is local support you really need?

So far we have 12k of signatures from the local area with more still coming in but more carnt hurt even if there not from the local area as greater numbers will always mean more pressure on the council.

I was speaking to the "leader" of Tigers Together at the last home game and he said once we get the Supermarket sale sorted then we're all good to go and the only thing stopping that is the Council and whether or not the people in the surrounding area would want it. The funding is all in place and this is the last piece of one big puzzle that has been coming together for a long time now.

Watch this space, ignore the buls*** our ground will be ready for 2013.

£20 to the prescott fund says it won't.

If I were a district councillor I would be a little miffed to be lobbied by people from outside the area concerned, and less inclined to acknowledge the support for the petition from the locals. However, good luck with the new ground.

Fair enough drop me a PM so I remember about it when our ground is built in 2013

Wakefields cash is possibly 6 months away from being released
Castlefords cash, well it's anyone's guess from 18 months to never!

Castlefords PP for GH doesn't put them in a better position than Wakefeld because they are now right back at the beginning of the planning application process for WR with no guarantee it will get passed and a likelihood that it will go to PI at best.

As for plan 'B' Wakefield have one in the form of a redeveloped Belle Vue for which the funding is in place and proof of funding supplied to Savilles.

Oh! And Wakefield have a plan 'C' in the form of Oakwel with a five year contract already agreed and also provided to Savilles.

Both plan 'B' and plan 'C' formed part of our franchise application and both were formulated working hand in hand with the RFL and Savilles.

What is Castlefords plan 'B' because there is zero chance of you being in a new stadium for at least the next two years if not for the whole of the next franchise period and that's IF you get a good run at the planning process.