Durkar 1990

Normanton at the top of Pineapple hill, was a serious proposition at one point. 1994

Thornes 2006

M1 Horbury junction near the Holiday Inn, bet you forgot that one. 2008

To name but a few.

Pugneys 80s
Durkar 95ish
Roundwood 97ish
Thornes park 2007
Newmarket 2009
Belle Vue upgrade 2022 please

Up the Trin

Didn't Balne Lane enter the mix at one point?

Let’s try again in another 11!

Yes balne lane was another site back of the prison FFS

It certainly was.

It was the other side of Balne Lane bordered by Silcoates Street and Blackthorne Way and realistically was never a viable proposition due to extremely limited access points.

Not sure I totally agree. It was viable if the council had ever seriously wanted it to be, but the investment, the effort and the imagination was always beyond them. So in that respect I agree, it was never on.

About 25% of British stadiums have as bad if not worse access than Balne lane so it’s nowhere near impossible. However most are down to their Victorian legacy, you’d have to seriously question any council in the 21st century that deliberately built one from scratch!

Another couple of Documents today.
I’ve inserted a couple of paragraphs
Consultee Comment. POLICE ARCHITECTURAL LIAISON.

Consultee Comments
I can now detail my observations in relation to the details/plans submitted.
The revised layout has resulted in my previous concerns being addressed and therefore I have no objection to the approval of this application.
The advice provided in respect of the recommended security standards for fencing, doorsets, windows etc. continue to remain.

Consultee Comment. YORKSHIRE WATER

Water Supply
NOTE: A supply can be made available under the terms of the Water Industries Act 1991. However, in this rural area, the available water supply is very limited locally.
We strongly recommend early consultation with our Water Network Engineering team should anything more than domestic use supply be required. Should this be the case, we it is likely that mains reinforcement is required to supply this site.
The costs for this work to be undertaken is high and may be prohibitive to this development.

There s a couple of pages with a fair bit of information, but,
The last line of the above paragraph caught my eye.
I’m sure the developers will have worked out the costing in fine detail for the development, but I’ve seen from recent documents how many organisations and service providers are involved and an idea now of the extra costs involved.
Will there be enough money left to provide for stadium redevelopment.

I’m not sure if we’re on the same page Vasty, these documents I’ve been referring to recently, are all linked to the Development at Newmarket Lane, not the Stadium redevelopment.

So sorry, thought it was the stadium, understood

I have always said these things were not my bag

I’ve been that busy looking at the plot 8 documents updates, I overlooked our own Stadium redevelopment application. 2 new documents a few days ago. 20 Oct 2021. COMMUNITY USE STRATEGY. 20 Oct 2021. SUMMARY FINANCIAL BUSINESS PLAN 2021 Too much info to paste onto here, just Click the link, then tap the little document icon at the end of the row. https://planning.wakefield.gov.uk/onlin ... 7D2QQJOS00 Happy reading

I’ve been that busy looking at the plot 8 documents updates, I overlooked our own Stadium redevelopment application. 2 new documents a few days ago. 20 Oct 2021. COMMUNITY USE STRATEGY. 20 Oct 2021. SUMMARY FINANCIAL BUSINESS PLAN 2021 Too much info to paste onto here, just Click the link, then tap the little document icon at the end of the row. https://planning.wakefield.gov.uk/onlin ... 7D2QQJOS00 Happy reading

Excellent work yet again DS ....some interesting reading on there even though the sensitive details have been redacted (for obvious reasons) but the two interesting parts that stuck out for me were :-

"Notwithstanding the above, there is a desire within Super League to move to a franchise arrangement whereby only clubs with 21st century quality facilities may play at Super League level."......if, and it's a big IF, that does happen then surely Cas would find themselves in trouble ??

and

"The total cost of the Phase II redevelopment is in the region of £12m."...that is some serious cash and I believe the figure mentioned for Yorkcourt and Boot's contribution is £6m (?) so if that is correct then the council and club are funding the remainder ??

Assuming it all comes to fruition (obviously we've been here before) then £12m should bring Belle Vue well and truly into the 21st century at long last