As an aside, the widely 'suspected' inquiry programme has now been made public record on the planning portal here and therefore confirmed -

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So the inquiry hearings will commence on 6th December 2011 for an estimated 12 days, so finishing on the 21st December 2011. That means a final decision by the SoS by March/April 2012 looks very likley now. So only 8/9 months to go now!

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ONLY !!! All they needed to do was pick up a map and see it was a ex pit and the place is a dump. 2 weeks at most this should have taken.

. This day an age its a joke!

When I go to WMDC planning link I can't see any information.

Can IA tell me how long does he think Cas will have to wait or is it how longs a piece of string..?

And then there were three! www.pontefractandcastlefordexpre ... _1_3492662 Great plans and things are already happening down Post Office Road

And then there were three! www.pontefractandcastlefordexpre ... _1_3492662 Great plans and things are already happening down Post Office Road

Just a point

The Loan Guarantee was delegated on 15th dec 2009 and approved by the Cabinet on 19th January 2010.

The land transfer offer to both clubs was not ratified by the Council until 14th Dec 2010.








BTW well done in the 9's tonight Cas are 9 wins from 9. Might see some of you at the Probiz next week!

In hindsight, I was a little quick to post my comment so I apologise for that.

In terms of Cas, we have a trust. It's called Tigers Trust, it has charitable status and serves the community and has a remit along that basis.

Cas have no need to access said funding as, probably at the time, they wanted to retain as much money for the stadium build itself.

And it isn't the right vehicle to allow monies to be paid into it for a stadium - which is why Wakefield have 2 Community Trusts, the Wildcats one which is akin to the Tigers Trust and the Wakefield and District Community Trust for the stadium.

I'm sure it was discussed before and it was demonstrated that both the Tigers Trust and the WDCT are exactly the same in set-up. In fact, I'm sure it was bigalf that did it.

They aren't!

Cas probably do not need to access the money until building starts. We have full PP.





Cas will have less community facilities, but that is one of only 3 coditions upon which the £2m land asset will be transfered to W&DCT - The 3 being :

"upon the Trust meeting the following three conditions. =#FF0000That planning permission is granted; that a fully funded scheme is in place and the Council has seen the community benefit demonstrated via way of a plan."

I still maintain the loan from the Co Op and the £2m land Asset are 2 different arrangements. But as you know I_A I will gladly be [uproved[/u incorrect

I wouldn't know. It's all bureaucratic stuff.

No, it's legal stuff.

You knew what I meant.

Don't speak to the fool. He hates all things Wakey, especially if its to do with the stadiums.

TRB is correct they are not the same. There is no GH Stadium Trust at the moment AFAIK. Ther is however a Glasshoughton Stadium Limited Company.

Fair enough.

Haven't a clue how all this works to be honest. Just want the frigging thing resolved now.

Don't we all ?

Not a chance. Long long way to go yet.

Always obstacles and things to get around. Nothing is ever plain, simple and easy going.

I'm not sure I did.

You are guilty sometimes of aping your great leader, in that you gloss over the facts to satisfy the expectant masses. In situations like this one, that's simply not good enough - if the properly constituted legal entity is not in place, the money can't be drawn down; no amount of smoke and mirrors can change that.

Indeed it is a joke. Ex pit, dump, 2500 jobs, thousands of happy sports fans and a great facility for the city. Beggars belief this is where we are after all this time.

iircc when it was discussed before it turned out it would take a mornings work to set the thing up, cas don't need it to be in place yet, so i don't think there is any reason to be bothered about it.

I'm not bothered about it in the slightest, but I thought it was legitimate to separate the spin from the facts.