Quote: Sacred Cow "The bad guy is the developer. Yes quite obviously the council have been far from helpful but even if they had included the giant white box within the trigger point then Yorkcourt still would be able to build in excess of another 21,000m2 of development without building us a stadium. I don't think they ever had any intention of going past this figure and never will. As it stands they haven't done anything illegal so there is no legal challenge against them and whilst trying to take on on the council might bloody a few noses and give a sense of satisfaction it won't get us a stadium even if we were successful in court. Given that further alienating the local authority could be counter productive moving forward is it worth the expense and risk of a challenge? My heart would say do it but my head says no. It's a tough call.'"
I don't think the developer is the bad guy at all. They're a business, whose purpose is to make money. They agreed to the terms of the s.106 in order to get planning permission, but if they can get around it because of a weak LA then why shouldn't they? Morals in business are a rare attribute, unfortunately. They must have been laughing their socks off when the LA granted permission for Coldstore outside the s.106. The economic climate has also not been conducive to this type of development, so delays were inevitable. The problem lies with the LA who still hide behind semantics and deny responsibility for planning issues in the district.
