Quote BigJMolloy="BigJMolloy"this statement more than covers the council. Do I like it? No. Does anyone but the council like it? No. But newcold doesn't count to the required sqm development, the trust/club didn't object to this, there isn't the 106 agreement in place.so let's be honest here there is no stadium, there won't be a stadium unless privately funded and sir Rodney et al can all take pride in achieving so'"
There is a s106 planning obligation.
They still haven't answered the question of why they as planning authority allowed newcold to come outside the planning obligation. Pleading innocence that "nobody objected" doesn't wash with me. As the authority charged with ensuring the planning obligation they shouldn't have created a loophole for the contractors.
They also claim that they've tried to attract businesses to the site over the last 4 years. I'd like to see the evidence.