I’m not sure if the cladding is being extended along the end of the stands, the drawings show in red Text

Polycarbonate rainscreen cladding to terrace omitted as part of VE

Yep I missed that. TBH I don't know whether that is good or bad. At the south end it's not really needed as the Cats bar offers a rain/wind break. At the north end I'm not sure. I've seen plenty of modern stands without them so there must be a reason. I suppose you could call it a downgrade or a cost cutting exercise. If it did become an issue I can't see it being difficult to retrofit.

TBH, the ends of the stands are at the North and South - when the wind blows and the rain falls, it invariably comes from the West, so everyone in that stand will be getting a face-full anyway.

Looking again at the latest planning application I noticed
July 7th Application received
July 26th Application validated
Status. Awaiting Decision.

I’ve looked at the council meeting calendar and there is no planning meeting for August.
The next planning meeting is scheduled for September 15th.

As far as I’m aware, the demolition can still go ahead as this doesn’t affect the latest application. I can’t see anything on the latest application for changes that would prevent the start of building work, due to start 23rd August.

Does anyone on here know for sure if the work can still Carry on even if the application has not yet been approved.

I'd have thought so. I'd guess that none of thees things count as planning issues so I'm a bit surprised this is required. Although I did notice that the capacity was now 2,600 which I'm sure is higher than it was before? This may be the reason.

But yes I'm 99.9% certain its purely procedural.

Is that 2600 seats not inclusive of function facilities?

They seem to be Non Material Amendments or condition discharges. Fundamentally it doesn't stop certain aspects of the project going ahead, but the conditions need signing off formally, as does the NMA, otherwise the council could enforce against the build.

These figures are from the East Stand terrace plans
Approx Capacities
G A =2266
Club Lounge =220
Media = 24
Coaches = 14
Directors = 52
Players = 24
Approx Capacity = 2600

Bulldozers are in and half the stand is down

Good to hear, shame can’t get any photos f work being done, I’m surprised the club aren’t posting anything as work progresses

I was hoping we'd get photos as work started.

It’s surely not beyond the clubs capabilities to put a web cam up so fans can follow the progress of the new stand

Bit OTT isn't it.

One, you'll see where we are on Sunday.

Two, it's only the demolition stage.

Three, I think the BOD has other things on its mind at present to be fair.

Four, I'm sure stuff will go up on Facemoan at some point.

Five, I actually tried to get a photo yesterday but I couldn't get a decent one as access is very limited.

I get your point but lets give them a bit of slack for once, it must be a hugely busy and stressful time for all involved. We barely have the staff to run a RL club so doing it whilst building two new stands and fighting relegation would push anyone.

Was going to stop and take some but was in a rush between jobs today, will try next time I pass

Sometimes the contractor installs a webcam as build progresses. MS may look at this when the steel starts arriving.

I’m just asking for a simple web cam, maybe attached to the side of the hospitality block so that fans can drop in and see what’s happening, it’ll take no more than a few minutes to set up. That’s pretty box standard, run of the mill stuff really so I wouldn’t expect the Chairman or the CEO to be doing it

we have a media team don’t we.

At the end of the day it’s the most significant development the ground has seen since the demolition of the South and West stands or the construction of the flats so it’s of interest to many.

I'll ask the question if I see them at the game

We do and I agree it would be nice but at the moment I think it probably not a priority. I’m sure it will happen.

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Good photos KK

Cheers KK

come across this on the Bradford forum where there are planned bids to use the leveling up funding of over £100 million for the city of Bradford one towards a new stadium what would be state of the art including other sports https://news.bradfordzone.co.uk/2022/08 ... elling-up/ levelling up funding for Wakefield of around £20 million is being used in the tileyard near the gallery and northgate which has been going on for some time, shame if we can't tap into a small amount to complete our stadium build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9g17zciV5o very impressive when its completed

come across this on the Bradford forum where there are planned bids to use the leveling up funding of over £100 million for the city of Bradford one towards a new stadium what would be state of the art including other sports https://news.bradfordzone.co.uk/2022/08 ... elling-up/ levelling up funding for Wakefield of around £20 million is being used in the tileyard near the gallery and northgate which has been going on for some time, shame if we can't tap into a small amount to complete our stadium build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9g17zciV5o very impressive when its completed

Re the current situation with the 'East' stand, I was surprised to see some of the roof still in place -perhaps the workers are using it for a smokers area