Fishermanscap wrote:
Balne Lane is not a non starter in a functional sense, far from it. All obstacles could be overcome with an committed council pushing it, it's no less feasible than BV or NM in that respect.
That however isn't the problem. The rub is that IMHO the council no more has the will to make this work than they did Thornes, NM or BV. You could give them the perfect site for free and it still wouldn't happen. Until there are big changes at WMDC nothing will happen.
I agree with most of your points, especially that a committed Council could get one sorted nearly anywhere within reason.
But just on the feasibility side of things, when you compare Newmarket to the 'proposed' Balne Lane one imo it's night and day. One has got the planning permission sorted and just needs the developer to pull their fingers out, hit the trigger point and get the builders in. While the other would come under even more scrutiny than Newmarket did, considering the amount of housing and the number of changes to the roads to accommodate it. God knows how long that would take and even then you're not guaranteed anything at the end as we've seen already. Plus Newmarket sits on a dual carriageway, next to the M62, with the access already sorted and was meant to have more parking than a lot of SL stadiums, even though some said it wasn't enough. Also, I think IF it was built elsewhere, we'd lose the other aspects of the site like the 2 Multi-use pitches etc, which for me is a big part of it.
it's got to the point though it almost feels pointless talking about it, but ateotd we have to still push as the public of Wakefield and as a Club for what the Community was promised and not let the buggers off the hook, unlike what WMDC seems to want to do.
Whatever happened to the line that Box came out with to Yorkcourt. That was something along the lines of, get some units built as to start the Stadium build etc, or let another developer take over the project.
