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Whats is say?

I cant get on facebook at work

Can't read the article as it's front page of tomorrow's Wakey Express.

But headline is "Common Ground" - Wildcats and Tigers look set to share ground due to cash shortage.

If it has to be a shared ground anybody with an ounce of common can see that it has to be Glasshougton - Simple as that!

Agreed

Fully,would you anticipate a statement from Cas?

I would hope so. Tonight though, I doubt it.

Corrected for accuracy...

Tell us again - Where is this funding for Newmarket coming from? and also let Sir Rodney know because he's not too sure either these days.

=#8000FFRight then:
Which one won't get planning permission? Newmarket
Which site has just had 175ks worth of fees paid into it? Glasshoughton
Which team has set up a plan for playing in the other teams stadium? Wakefield

Glasshoughton was going to be the only stadium for the last year or so and Wakey have strung you all along good & proper.

But if you read the article by Box it states if both teams refuse to share he will withdraw[u ALL funding[/u.
So for Glasshoughton to happen Wakey[u MUST [/uplay there and I believev that will never happen.

How can we read the article? It's not available anywhere?

It is to some



anyhow tomorrow is soon enough for you.

What an amazing front page... Eye tests for a tenner? Brilliant!

So who would that leave most stumped?? We have funding to build our ground whereas Cas don't but without the land lease which we both have been promised we are both a bit knackered. Can Cas carry on, on their own with no council support? Can Wakey proceed without the land lease, would our developer fund the land purchase in order to get the wider development??

Lots of questions, only one answer is that the council are faffing around again.

Tell us again, where is the funding coming from for Newmarket?

Tell us exactly where you are regarding a public enquiry whilst you are at it as well

I feel sorry for cas and wakey, no one knows whats going on

You say "We have funding to build our ground" but then contradict yourself with "Can Wakey proceed without the land lease"

York Court Properties. Of course the real agenda is for the big industrial units. Providing these community sporting facilities should greatly increase chances of gaining planning permission. A loss leader kind of thing. hth

Do you honestly believe that greenbelt land (200 acres approx) will be given up to a development of that magnitude on the basis of a stadium, I would be very jittery about this, if i was you, but good luck

[url=http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:LBEAoU7DjuYJ:www.sportengland.org/facilities__planning/planning_tools_and_guidance/idoc.ashx%3Fdocid%3Dd1d378be-b018-44bf-9453-25e675b10018%26version%3D3+sport+for+all+green+belt&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShgM3IyWbtIekvw_NYl61-VS8HIGEynp0eMo84rU0LoylIu3Erg-e5iKkJzaHOk5XXqSDvp6G5yEL7RwjLoOMdMegJ-Y8i2yhckUT3hdwSaufJPw_JhOFinuSan9TL8YLldWNiT&sig=AHIEtbQhi2_dd2OTwacg5NIE0Lay1cuIgQI Would Read This from page 9[/url

Planning and refusals and enquiries cost lots and lots of money, i know ive been involved in them and that wasnt green belt

Do you honestly believe that Yorkcourt( or their bank

) will splash out 15/20 million on a stadium plus infrastructure before they have sold or let a single industrial/retail/hotel/ unit?

Well the planning application for the industrial units is on the condition that the sporting facilities are built. So I'm sure they have run the sums and considered every possible objection and seen it as viable. The project does seem a lot more financially solid than Glasshoughton, hence the reason for Castleford desperate attempt at a money grab from what is a separate project.

Speedy's put a link up (elsewhere) to some very interesting reading indeed. It seems our colleagues from down the road have been a little disingenuous when compiling the Newmarket application:

> Citing excellent public transport links (apparently) which the Highways Agency have poo-poohed by pointing out that the bus services they rely on don't actually run on matchdays and there are no plans from the bus company to change that fact.
> Noise levels originally quoted now being disputed by Environmental Health after doing their own surveys and reaching contradictory conclusions.
> Claims that no other development has been proposed for the area being exposed, given that applications for both a housing development and some kind of gas storage facility are or have been (pardon the pun) in the pipeline.
> Leeds City Council blocking the proposal after themselves previously touting the area as prime for development and being told by the UDP it would be an 'inappropriate' use of green belt land.
> Not to mention the poor old otters...

I've only had a cursory glance at the objections (the environment objections run to thirty odd pages alone) and sure, the Newmarket development might not be quite dead yet, but you've got to say it's definitely coughing up blood.