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Staying at Belle Vue according to some posters on here?

Either Thornes Park or Durker

I didn't think we could get planning permission to do anything with Belle Vue

Why?

Because of the houses around it I presume. I'm sure I remember us trying to build a stand on that side but we couldn't get any PP for it?

I also remember us trying to sign Warrington's stand when they moved to their new ground.

I thought we got planning permission for some extra golf-stand seats to take it to 11,000 capacity. We just never put them up.

I reckon you could do Belle Vue by putting a roof over the West Terrace, and earning a compromise by making the North Stand a lot lower, so you end up with a side and end like Warrington. You would seek to make the East Stand the bigger one, with plenty of seats and hospitality, because it doesn't back onto housing.

Have I missed something? What was yesterdays news re NM?

Can't believe we're not going ahead with the Oakwell option now. With Cas's latest delays (now 2013?) we would have a huge advantage by being based at Oakwell for 2012 onwards.
Allother things being equal it might come down to Belle Vue v Wheldon Lane or Oakwell v Wheldon Lane.

THen again Cas's delays might just give the RFL an ecuse to kick us both out. Some good derbies with the 3 local clubs all in the Championship. Harder for more than one of the 3 to get back in at the next set of franchise applications though?

Rumour has it that the RFL are against us moving to Barnsley - not sure why but that is what I heard.

yes I have also been told that the RFL do not want us to move to Barnsley as they think the club would not be financially sustainable. However the question to be asked is this, are the RFL acting in the best interest of our club or are they just conning us and making life easier for themselves when they try and kick us out of SL.

There are some issues but we would get permission. The problem is could BV return the investment required - the answer IMO is yes but most would say no.

Been a cynic I would have to suspect the latter.

Barnsley has to be the perfect opportunity now that we know Cas are in the brown stuff. Barnsley would give us a superior application to Cas. After so many promises we would be delivering on facilities.

I was under the impression that before negotiations began with Barnsley, the Oakwell option was run by the RFL who were fine with the idea. Strange that they seem concerned about it now. I wonder if they were equally adverse to StHelen's move to Widnes.

As you say the conspiracy theorist's amongst us would assume it's to make their decision easier after they have put so much emphasis on facilities over pretty much ever other aspect.

Do you know I have often wondered how serious we were in the past about developing Belle Vue. Was it that we thought it could not be done or was it because we did not want to do it ,as someone has always had future plans for it that were not rugby related.