Quote ="Perry" You're the only one who went on the attack.'"
I'd beg to differ.
Quote ="Perry"Belying your remoteness again. It's next to one of the worst estates in west London.'"
And for the record, you'd specifically have to go out of your way to cross the estate to get to the ground. It's over the railway lines and masked by a long line of very high trees......and as I have already shown, is being regenerated.
Interesting that you question my accuracy and ability to identify facts and figures from across the world but you yourself are still unsure of developments just down the road?
Quote ="Perry"I thought Plough Lane had houses built on it?'"
can I suggest a visit to
www.google.com?
Back on thread.
Quote ="Perry"This is where we get into the nitty gritty of exactly what the charitable trust own.
Quite often with sports clubs, the freehold for the land is owned by a trust or other external body, but the actual stands, clubhouse, etc. are owned by the club. That enables the club to develop the ground as they need, but prevents some shyster buying the club to just to get their hands on the freehold.
If (and I realise it's a bif 'if') that is the model at Trailfinders, is it just possible that we might be offering to help fund expansion of the ground? And in the process secure ourselves a home?
Forlorn hope I know...'"
As I pointed out earlier, there is a plot of land behind the main pitch towards Vallis Way that appears to have only a handful of houses who would be "adversely" affected by a stand on that side of the pitch. There is a school/special school and also the residents of Hathaway Gardens and Claremont Rd to consider too not to mention all the surrounding streets that could be affected by increased traffic on match day etc.
As I have also pointed out, there is NO current planning applications in with Ealing Council....who are a Labour Council and the bloke that owns Trailfinders (and set up the charitable trust) is a Tory funder to the tune of 7 figure donations.......so if Hughes is agreeing to contribute to a new stand/development, it may well be some years off, as planning permission doesn't happen quickly in London!
I've also previously posted that previous developments such as the cricket pavilion (like for like replacement) floodlights and the liquor licence were all objected to by local residenst.....
