Can you send the little birdie to The Willows and get it to issue a press release.

It's hot off the press this. They are probably writing it right now!

on second thoughts the club needs permission from Peel and the Council to make Stadium statements so don't hold your breath!

Sorry John that would be difficult. I was at the meeting and it was firmly made clear that this has very little to do with SRLFC and we are only tenants therefore we have no power on what gets released and when by either the Council or Peel. Some of the reporting has raised a few eyebrows in the Town Hall, and muddied the waters a little but this is a community stadium that we will mealy be tenants in just like anyone else that wants to get on board.

Oh but it's great news all the same!

I just don't think the council and peel have any understanding of how badly this lack of info reflects on the club to it's fans and the RL world. It must also put a spanner in the works of any new stadium marketing opportunites.

John Wilkinson was on BBC Radio manchester this morning re the formal planning application meeting , the BBC RL show is on tonight between 6-7 pm I guess this may be discussed .

I see what you're saying but believe me they defiantly do know and they are very keen for this to happen but there are still processes they have to go through. The RFL will be kept fully briefed throughout and I'm sure a press release will be issued in the next 24 hours.

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As good citizens someone could always ask the council

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Just a shame the manchester Evening News couldn't find the right Bleedin' picture, at least the seats ain't green on this one.

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One more hurdle ?
A 'formality' as the original plans had been agreed in principle by the Secretary of State, but there has been a change of Gov and a new secretary of state who prides himself on reigning in local government spending ...

It's Eric Pickles - just tell him that all food concessions will have a wide selection of pies available.

Where are fans going to park ?

Nobody gives planning permission for huge car parks these days. I'd wager that the site of the proposed retail space (the building in the foreground above) will be used for parking for a good few years though.

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Time for a few cans of San Miguel to celebrate methinks !

Or pickled eggs ?

I feel a little photographic flight is due - I can't do this weekend - out on Saturday and plastered in Huddersfield on Sunday but next weekend some more pictures (weather permitting!!)

Good idea not to do it p1ssed. We could do without a delay in building due to aircraft being drilled into the pre-work.

I must caution you Salford fans on the timescales so far stated.

All the Mps are on holiday at present and so Mr Pickles wont get off his fat and do anything until he gets back off his MP Jolies after 6th September.
He will probably have a lot on his plate (not food), with a backlog of work from throughout the summer recess, unfortunately he wont get much done then, because the MPs go into the conference season on the 16th September until 11th October.

I therefore think a decision from the Government to approve the plans wont happen until the end of October or November.

Once thats done, Peel and the council will need to go through the tendering process.
As Government/council money is involved, this needs to follow strict procedures, that follow European Union rules regarding competition and fair trade.
This can all take time and grind the tender process into the ground. For example Saints new stadium was approved in 2008 by the Government but tenders only got formerly signed off last month.

I hope for your sake that Peel are more professional and better organised at going through the tender process than Langtree or there agents appeared to be. I suspect they will be, as they are a far bigger organisation.

I think the timescales for the stadium opening for the start of 2012 season are optimistic, as i personally dont think you will see stadium construction start till next summer at the earliest. Thats basing things on Peel being really professional and organised at processing the tenders.
However i will say that the phase 1 development is a pretty basic stadium construction, so it may be possible to knock it up in 8 or 9 months, for example Warringtons ground only took 9 months to build. Hence if work starts by next May then you may be in for the start of 2012.
Otherwise i think 2013 is more realistic.

"The Secretary of State will now be asked to formally approve the plans. The Secretary of State has previously approved the principle of a 20,000 capacity stadium and retail on this site."

I thought city council approval was the last stage. Now I've got an awful feeling that after 10 years of blood, sweat, tears and buckets of money, some Tory/Liberal millionaire public school b@stard could kill off the stadium with the stroke of a pen.

Quote ="The Chair Maker"Once thats done, Peel and the council will need to go through the tendering process. As Government/council money is involved, this needs to follow strict procedures, that follow European Union rules regarding competition and fair trade. This can all take time and grind the tender process into the ground. For example Saints new stadium was approved in 2008 by the Government but tenders only got formerly signed off last month. I hope for your sake that Peel are more professional and better organised at going through the tender process than Langtree or there agents appeared to be. I suspect they will be, as they are a far bigger organisation. '" The tendering's well under way. Notice was issued in February and shortlisted candidates should have been notified in July. www.tendersdirect.co.uk/Search/T ... Categories

Quote ="The Chair Maker"Once thats done, Peel and the council will need to go through the tendering process. As Government/council money is involved, this needs to follow strict procedures, that follow European Union rules regarding competition and fair trade. This can all take time and grind the tender process into the ground. For example Saints new stadium was approved in 2008 by the Government but tenders only got formerly signed off last month. I hope for your sake that Peel are more professional and better organised at going through the tender process than Langtree or there agents appeared to be. I suspect they will be, as they are a far bigger organisation. '" The tendering's well under way. Notice was issued in February and shortlisted candidates should have been notified in July. www.tendersdirect.co.uk/Search/T ... Categories

I think it's misleading to use the Saints tendering process timescale as an example because there were different circumstances involving Tesco and a new store. For whatever reason the developers of the Saints site decided only to start the tendering process some time after detailed planning approval. The tendering process for the new saints stadium would have also involved the Tesco store so it was obviously going to take a lot longer.The tendering process for the Salford stadium started a few months ago and they are already some way down the line with it. I understand that the decision of who will build it is to be announced in October with construction work to start in November.

Surprisingly, Eric Pickles comes from a working class family in Keighley. His family were all members of the Labour Party (when Labour were actually a left wing party) and Mr Pickles had strong communist beliefs as a young fella... Clearly he must've received a bump on the head at this point as he quickly went to the opposite end of the scale as he's now a scare-mongering, fear-fueled, capitalist, power-mad, s0d-the-poor-as-it's-their-fault-for-being-born-into-poverty, tory balloon!

Good morning world!