www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html Wonder if we are still involved??

www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html Wonder if we are still involved??

Played many a game on there shame it's going really.

Was one of the better places to play in it's day as well. Nice hot shower after the game and a straight into the clubhouse.

Won the BOCM Cup on that field, it's a bit of a shame it will be built on ..that progress for ya !!!

if its true the club are involved in this it disgusts me ,pearson has a habit of destroying parts of hull ,remember him booting all the amateur clubs of ideal

My wife's Grandmother had the sandwich shop on the corner of Chamberlain Rd for donkey's years; Gramps played for your lot too and latterly, worked at Reckitts.

Not especially relevant, but Hull vs Wakey games are very divisive in our house; no 1 son wears scarves from both teams, in an attempt to demonstrate lack of bias towards either parent.

Nothing to do with Pearson and if anyone is booting off anyone off it was the owner of Hull Brewery who bought the land for the sole purpose of redevelopment who one by one, threw off the rugby, cricket and football teams so he could claim the land was no longer used for sport so it could be developed.

What people don't realise is the sports pitches have only been given usage for 5 years so after that time I fully expect Barratts to chuck off who is on there and put up more houses.

Hull FC's input was to be kind of "caretaker" to the youth rugby, no actual involvement as such as far as I'm aware.

This hasn't got full planning permission yet, only outline, Barratts still have to gain permission for access yet and that could be a problem.

Hopefully there will be another campaign, led very well last year by Serge at the P.O.,
to oppose any newly submitted plans. It will make life along Chamberlain Road intolerable with extra traffic. There are just not the facilities to cope with the extra residents.
Unfortunately this was on the cards as soon as the Council changed hands, I think we are being 'punished' for electing a Lib Dem Councillor in previous elections!

A friend of mine spoke to Serj last night and he is launching a new campaign around the access road which Barratts haven't been given permission for yet. From what I remember Barratts want to keep the single lane dirt track road that is there at the moment which for 100 houses and sports pitches is unacceptable for the level of traffic.

Greed is the problem here. Serj has had the land surveyed and valued at £300k which he is willing, along with a consortium, to put up that money and develop the whole land back to sports pitches, exactly how it used to be, but Barratts have offered the owner of Hull Brewery a lot more than 300k.

The land also comes with a covernant on it, put in place by James Reckitt to say it has to be used for recreation, so the sports pitches on a quater of the land for 5 years is just a tolken so Barratts can say they have complied.

Not actually seen detailed plans, but if Barratts aren't using the Chamberlain Road side off the site for access, leaving the 'dirt track', they would have to think of using Woodhall street and Ashendon Close, so i hope those residents get behind any opposition as well.

If it does go ahead will the people buying the new housing be warned about the proposed 'composting' development at Foster Street?

it explains why the Council were so keen to make Rockford Field a 'Nature Reserve', knowing we would lose Reckitt's.

other than sentiment, what are your reservations/objections?

Im no land price expert but for that area that seems a very low value

I actually quoted a figure from the HDM online article which stated that Mr Singh had had the land valued at £300k but Barratts have offered the owner of Hull Brewery millions for it.

Oddly enough that quote has now disappeared from the online article and in its place "Mr Singh has called for the land's private owners to reconsider an offer put forward by a syndicate of investors he was involved with who wanted to retain the whole of the site for sporting use."

To be honest though Mr Singhs in a no lose situation either way though is he

someone/anyone?