We understand so and they are on track to meet that date we are told. Once the reserved matters are in, and then approved of course, that is the whole planning side of things done and dusted.

Go on then i'll ask. Any chance that it won't be anything other than a virtual formality?

Assuming they don't want to paint it and outrageous colour, you know, something like black and amber, then it is just a formality.

Thanks for the information IA.

I'm seeking a bit of clarity here. The £2 million, wasn't that in the form of land to borrow money against and in essence a loan?

It was originally and then it became a cash offer from this pot of money.

Thankyou IA, i must have missed that update. So in reality, providing we satisfy the council with our plans, progression and predicted completion date in April we should essentially still be able to tap into these funds?

As such, they haven't been withdrawn from either club just the original date has expired and thus must be reevaluated to determine whether they are appropriate for either team

And obviously the longer it goes without it being used, the more likely it is that it will get spent on something else. So sooner the plans are passed the better.

That element of the deal ended a while ago. Now we are talking about investment directly from the council. It's not as if the council won't themselves benefit from the scheme overall in terms of rates etc, and we have helped them achieve that!

Spot on!

Wouldn't rule anything in or out in terms of what may or may not be on offer from the council. I'm sure there are twists and turns in this stadium saga still to come.

In these times of spending cuts it just goes to show what a pipe dream the 60 odd million council funded Thrones Park Stadium would have been.

No doubt we'll still have a few hurdles to jump but the council will do what they need to do for the city of Wakefield and all its residents.