neither club will get a new ground,ive heard it all before

Sad state of affairs for both clubs but particularly so for Wakey.

Cas have outline planning permission for a stadium in a superb location with excellent transport links but not enough money to see it through.

Wakey have an application in for outline permission - an application which breaks just about every rule in the book:
In the green belt - that will change I hear some say as 95 hectares needs to be released in Wakey for development. This site alone would provide almost the whole of that 95 hectares - 95 hectares which is not needed until 2021 as there's plenty of existing around to meet demand until then.
Depends on 1. warehousing - plenty vacant around already; 2. offices - presumption is they should be built in the city centre which, last time I looked, Newmarket Lane isn't; 3. hotel - same comments as offices.
Transport - two buses an hour pass the site and the bus company state they won't put more on or divert existing services into the site. No rail. Insufficient parking. Too far to walk.
12 pages of objections last time I looked, including from pretty much every statutory undertaker.
It ticks every 'fail' box on the planners list except one - exceptional circumstances. It would be a travesty, on planning grounds, if the Planning and Highways Committee allowed that to be the over-riding factor when the stadium would occupy such a small part of the site. If they do then it will undoubtedly go to a public enquiry.

I wish both clubs well but, with the current state of affairs, I can only see one franchise in the area next time around.

And so have I, about an hour ago when me mam was putting the tea out, and then about 10 minutes after that and then again 10 mins after that

Thanks Beetnik, when we get our franchise you're more than welcome to come share buddy!

"I'm sure this thread was a lot longer the last time I looked."

The thread is about the council statement, not number of fans knob measuring contests or paternity issues in the outlying districts of our famous city.

Now play nice, people.

Glad the club called Box's bluff. Can you imagine what would've happened if they heeded the empty threat?!

It's catchy. I like it. Ladies and gentlemen, we have our slogan.

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I think if it had been the club alone, we'd be living it, not imagining it.
I suspect a lot of the thanks go to RW and the Community Trust. It was his statement that Ted read out on Sunday, after all.

Yeah, that's good too...

May I refer you to numerous other threads, the actual planning application and reality!

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