I understand it was pointed out to said councillor that the planning committee could hardly refuse the southstand development plans after the Carbuncle sorry Carnegie cricket pavilion was allowed to go ahead.

Do many Leeds fans live in Headingley itself?

I know/knew quite a few. Lots in the Burley area, and I'm never totally sure where the boundary is.

It annoys me that they passed the residents didn't mind the 19.5m height for the Carnegie Stand but when it comes to the Southstand (Which is further away from the bloody road) they kick up a fuss.

Also, all the moaning about congestion and noise on game days... you moved in to an area knowing full well that every other week there'd be a game on! FFS!!!

The 10k capacity with boxes looked a good one out of the plans though. I liked the concourse and size of the scheme.

Looking through the plans though one thing jumped out at me... how the hell does the Western terrace hold 5k, 1k less than the Southstand. It's bloody tiny!

And we're good to go: www.therhinos.co.uk/news/17267.php

And we're good to go: www.therhinos.co.uk/news/17267.php

I sincerely hope the compromise isn't the 6.5k capacity tin shed. It looks how do the yoof say- minging innit.

Just build the 10,000 capacity stand and sod the planning laws



Didn't Wakey build Benidorm Towers without planning permission?

I was thinking the same,but reading the documents it says the present stucture is in a bad state of repair and I think it said something like the new stand will add to the area .

The recommendation was to approve the 7400 version, so its safe to say that is what has been rubber stamped today. plandocs.leeds.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Re ... ageCount=1 This document also outlines the 20 planning conditions to which the club statement refers.

The recommendation was to approve the 7400 version, so its safe to say that is what has been rubber stamped today. plandocs.leeds.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Re ... ageCount=1 This document also outlines the 20 planning conditions to which the club statement refers.

New changing rooms for refs under the Southstand? That might not be the best idea if the numpties come out to play.

I seem to remember reading that Leeds Utd built the East stand (is that the new massive one?) without proper planning consent. Of course that may have been nonsense, but I do remember being told that a couple of years later.

Does anyone have any knowledge of how long this is likely to take. I'm sure originally work was planned to start before any potential play off games. To me, it sounds as though there is an awful lot for the club to organise before anything can actually begin. I would therefore be surprised to see the stand open much before the end of next year.

Have a missed a season ticket announcement, or are the club still trying to work out how they are going to go about selling them with the SS shut

It's going to be pre-fabricated off-site and then assembled in a fortnight over the winter. Saw a guy do it on Grand Designs once. Then he put a load of inexplicably expensive glass that heats your house, makes cups of tea and saves the world from aliens on the front and painted the inside white with about 3 pieces of furniture in it. Hate it when they all do that.

I saw that. IIRC most of it was underground too. We should defo go for the underground idea. Then we'd be Ground-breaking (pun intended!), the first Sports club in the world that cares so much about the environment we put our spectators underground.

Didn't the Norwegians build an underground ice hockey stadium for the Lillehammer winter Olympics?

Yes. Awesome it is too.

Perhaps we could contract Josef Fritzl into helping with the design if this is the case then?

He could design a special booth for Phil Clarke....

To lock Phil Clarke up in or for Phil Clarke so he can lock his favourite Wigan players up in there and do 'Fritzl-esque' things to them, letting them out only once a week to play their match?

I was thinking of the former, but I'm prepared to be flexible. Except for the letting them out part.

Did Clarke ever publicly apologise for his ridiculous statement?? Don't think I saw it if he did.

IIRC he even wrote an article on the SKY Sports website claiming how he stood by what he said.

Bulls?

This article & Caddick's comment make me wonder if the development will go ahead during this off season. Maybe Inflatable A would contibrute his more informed comments? www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at- ... _1_3698434

This article & Caddick's comment make me wonder if the development will go ahead during this off season. Maybe Inflatable A would contibrute his more informed comments? www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at- ... _1_3698434