Gronk! wrote:
I hope it isn't on Wakefield then
That document outlining that there is no money at all to build a stadium at Newmarket looked quite damning really.
Did you learn nothing over the summer?
I's also worth pointing out that said document is also a "working document"- that will have evolved considerably since then. FWIW I have been told that 3/4 of the units have been signed for.
Then there's the 106 agreement that means the stadium has to be built first. All of this will be reiterated for you on the 6th of December. Our case was unanimous then & we are facing a smaller opposition, with greater (if not unanimous) support of statutory agencies such as The Highways & Natural England.
But let's not let facts stop you picking up those straws.
Then there's the issue that you can't "unlock" your funding until you have OPP, well we all know how long that can take (at least 3 months) & that's without thinking of the potential (or likely IMO) public inquiry that could ensue (another 18 months).
Yes we have to get FPP before we can start building, but the land will be prepped and ready to go when OPP is given. And just like J32 FPP is simply a case of resolving reserved matters- in & out usually. Yorkcourt & SWAG have said for over a year that FPP was ready to go BEFORE our application was sent to the SoS, so you would imagine it would be no more than updating/ amending (which happens as you go) & handing it over to the council.
All I'm saying is this is closer than you believe or maybe RW will have you believe.
Both cases have potential banana skins, I can see our strides (in terms of prepping our case) to sidestep ours, all i can see is hot air from RW- but that's nothing new. For a green grocer he should be better at side stepping banana skins!
We all know the next 3 years are the (final) final straws for WTW & CT: Build it or lose out. Simple.
