I've got to say I'm not a big fan of the site for any development if I'm honest. Whilst it may not be rolling meadows or a wood where people can really enjoy the outdoors, it is the last little bit of land next to the M62 up there and with the old pit site being developed the other side I think it's important that we don't end up with a 'develop at all costs' strategy that see's the merging of towns to the point where there are no clear boundaries other than the M62. There are other issues too, which I'm sure will be addressed at any public consultations, but what does another development of this size mean for the town centre?
I try not to be for or against anything until I have all the information, but my gut feeling is that this is not the best site for development, though I accept it might be the best chance of Cas achieving a new stadium. Tough times/decisions ahead for all involved I fear.

We will get to know something about this from the club tommorrow I am lead to believe.

Its interesting that the media are reporting that the site for the "new stadium" isn't the one described in the letter of last week but the previous site from 2011 to the rear of Xscape.

Once again though, I'm not holding my breath and I'll believe it when I park in the car park for the first game to be held there.

Strange that the Pont & Cas Express is reporting that the proposed ground is on the land as per the letter but other media sites are saying that its the previous site.

Maybe we're having two!

I think it's just another piece of "lazy journalism" to be honest. The bigger papers won't have as good an understanding of the area nor the will to actually get it right. Sound bites over substance in this day and age I'm afraid.

Congratulations on the new home. I will look forward to visiting you there, although I will miss the atmosphere at Wheldon Road.

You will have a long wait. This new Cas stadium has been going on since they first built the free port and it's still only a pipe dream.

Another year another promise of a new stadium,please spare us,

I gaurantee you this one will happen. As long as planning through Wakefield council goes through. Money is not an issue this time. The only thing that is is the planning process. Just like I mentioned it would hold 10,000 and also a retail park.

Big if with planning though as the land is green belt I've been told from somebody.

It is Green Belt, but a precedent has been set, as far as the Wakefield Council and stadium proposals go. What's good for the Goose etc!

Do they have to get a supermarket signed up like the last proposal? We all know how that went last time.

It will be a Marks and Spencer's. Large one. If that classes as a Supermarket, also know this to be true.

IKEA are interested so i'm told.

Ha Ha, yes your deffo getting a new stadium. This got boring years ago

I thought the blurb said a foodstore?

hope the new plans work out well for you... from a lifelong Trinity fan.

Also hope newmarket reaches its zenith soon too.

Could certainly do with both clubs getting sorted quickly, that would put the cat amongst the pigeons at Red Hall!

lets hope it comes true had enough of false dawns for all

Website set up by the developers...

[urlhttp://www.castlefordyoursay.co.uk/[/url

I'm actually incredibly optimistic about all this. It looks like they've actually got their act together before announcing it.

And a bit more here : [urlhttp://lateralproperty.co.uk/[/url

Having been up for a look today (a lot of people turned up, btw!) the only concern I have will be traffic, the new junction looks like a bit of a mess and it appears that's the only way you're allowed to exit the stadium which is obviously going to cause a bottle neck. It will need a lot of traffic control and mass transit to stop it being a nightmare ala Salford.

The new junction is going to cost them £10m Gronk... that is big chunk of money to spend, plus £12m/£13m on a stadium, and get it wrong! It will be busy on match days but equally who says match days will be on Sunday's in future!!! I don't know anything about that BTW, pure speculation.

I think it won't be a Salford because it opens out directly on to a motorway and three other larger roads that lead in all directions. Salford's stadium opens up onto a single small local road a good 3/4 mile from the motorway junction. I think with override signal controls to enable traffic to exit after the match as quickly as possible, the majority of the time it will be much easier than it is now to get about at other peak times. Also, it solves the Sainsbury Supermarket issue and I suspect B&Q will move out and over the road to make way for them as well as the proposed other food store on Five Towns Park.

I went along, had a good natter with Mick and the Lateral guys and now I have seen the proposal in full, it gets my full support. Equally, what a great deal for Cas Tigers and the fans! Well done to the Cas board and Wakefield Council for getting this together. I think it has a high degree of success and as I said to one of the Lateral guys tonight, I will walk through Cas Town centre naked if this gets called in for a public inquiry... he said he would hold me to it if it did!

That all said, I am of course reserving full rights to rip the proverbial out of quite a large number of posters on this and the Cas Forum (not you Gronk BTW), who seem to have inadvertently lost any and all moral objection to building on recently renewed Green Belt land (and even green field and not brown field land at that) overnight, and taking the developers shilling in return for getting him planning permission?

well the field is brown when it's ploughed while the park will always be green

Race to the Bar back on it seems!