Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:15 pm  

simcfc73b wrote:

I am slightly confused when people say they are being sympathetic to the people who live there... they are building a hotel directly opposite the houses and no amount of puddles and ickle trees is going to hide that. i would have been more happy if they had done half residential and half industrial. I support Wakey thru and thru but on this I can see big troubles ahead, I can see it going to Brussels as it infringes on their rights to have a nice place to live.

This is the only way we can build the stadium so i will support it but I also feel for the people down their... a compulsory purchase on their houses would have been better as they will be worth FA afterwards.

Those 'ickle' trees have a habit of growing into bigger trees. It is also possible to advance the effect by the use of targetted larger trees. I also note from the plans available that the screen planting strip between the hotel and the housing is 'substantial' - certainly more than is generally provided in these situations - trust me, I know!

This will still be a 'nice place to live', but it will be different. Gone will be the 'gypsy mounds' and the open areas of spoil / reclaimed rough ground. In it's place will be somewhere / something more 'manicured', with built in accomodation for flaura / fauna and all forms of wildlife. To suggest that no wildlife can survive in these situations is quite ridiculous.

Whilst there will be 'holes' in the scheme that can be plugged or improved, the developer hasn't spent a year planning this without much thought.

Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:24 pm  

It's sympathetic in that the developers are not just sticking a dirty great warehouse on their doorstep! For an UNSYMPATHETIC development that was given the green light by WMDC have a look at the nice 'four bed detached executive style' house that were built in Crigg, with nice green fields at the back until all the houses were sold and Redcats built an ENORMOUS warehouse that towers over them. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sherwood+ ... 8&t=h&z=18

It's sympathetic in that the developers are not just sticking a dirty great warehouse on their doorstep! For an UNSYMPATHETIC development that was given the green light by WMDC have a look at the nice 'four bed detached executive style' house that were built in Crigg, with nice green fields at the back until all the houses were sold and Redcats built an ENORMOUS warehouse that towers over them. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sherwood+ ... 8&t=h&z=18

Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:25 pm  

simcfc73b wrote:

I am slightly confused when people say they are being sympathetic to the people who live there... they are building a hotel directly opposite the houses and no amount of puddles and ickle trees is going to hide that. i would have been more happy if they had done half residential and half industrial. I support Wakey thru and thru but on this I can see big troubles ahead, I can see it going to Brussels as it infringes on their rights to have a nice place to live.

This is the only way we can build the stadium so i will support it but I also feel for the people down their... a compulsory purchase on their houses would have been better as they will be worth FA afterwards.

Potovens Lane Wrenthope, has warehouses, offices built just behind them along with a dual carriageway. Do people still want to live there? erm yes... Newmarket Lane is hardly a nice road, rutted and big holes along with a old waggon track which crosses the road, this devlopment will stop through traffic down that road which has got to be a good thing for residents.

Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:49 pm  

Sorry if this is slightly off topic to an extent but has the outline planning application been submitted yet? Sure I read they hoped it was a matter of days before it was

Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:54 pm  

wakeyrule wrote: It's sympathetic in that the developers are not just sticking a dirty great warehouse on their doorstep! For an UNSYMPATHETIC development that was given the green light by WMDC have a look at the nice 'four bed detached executive style' house that were built in Crigg, with nice green fields at the back until all the houses were sold and Redcats built an ENORMOUS warehouse that towers over them. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sherwood+ ... 8&t=h&z=18 Well that sort of puts some perspective on this!

wakeyrule wrote: It's sympathetic in that the developers are not just sticking a dirty great warehouse on their doorstep! For an UNSYMPATHETIC development that was given the green light by WMDC have a look at the nice 'four bed detached executive style' house that were built in Crigg, with nice green fields at the back until all the houses were sold and Redcats built an ENORMOUS warehouse that towers over them. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sherwood+ ... 8&t=h&z=18 Well that sort of puts some perspective on this!

Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:11 pm  

TRB wrote:

Well that sort of puts some perspective on this!

That warehouse is horrible.....to look at too!!! on a side note, the whole grey roofed building has been knocked down, big enough for two rugby stadiums!!!

Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:18 pm  

Funny how people are slagging the guy off for being single minded whereas everyone on here are so open minded.

This or their site is not the place for discussions as both sides are biased.... maybe do another pertition or something.

Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:24 pm  

TRB wrote: Well that sort of puts some perspective on this! and no different to red hall lane / paragon ave where I live, development is on going, http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=red%20h ... =en&tab=wl what was as green as you can get to green belt was cut down to prepare for later, used to love walking the dog around them fields, so I do have a degree of sympathy for them that live near bye, its a fact of life that this project ticks so many boxes that it would be a crime not to go ahead with it, if we continued to sit back and not improve the way we live,work and play we still be swinging in the trees with the other apes

TRB wrote: Well that sort of puts some perspective on this! and no different to red hall lane / paragon ave where I live, development is on going, http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=red%20h ... =en&tab=wl what was as green as you can get to green belt was cut down to prepare for later, used to love walking the dog around them fields, so I do have a degree of sympathy for them that live near bye, its a fact of life that this project ticks so many boxes that it would be a crime not to go ahead with it, if we continued to sit back and not improve the way we live,work and play we still be swinging in the trees with the other apes

Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:21 pm  

simcfc73b wrote:

Funny how people are slagging the guy off for being single minded whereas everyone on here are so open minded.

This or their site is not the place for discussions as both sides are biased.... maybe do another pertition or something.

Well of course I'm biased - we've worked for 5 years for this opportunity and, in my opinion, this is a great opportunity on the back of a development that will happen some time anyway.

I'm not slagging anyone off - I respect the guy for what he is trying to do, but I think we should be honest here and acknowledge that what he wants is what we do not. I can't see a problem with that - but I can see a problem in someone pretending to be interested in preserving wildlife etc when in reality they just don't want change in their lives.

Re: The Problem With Newmarket : Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:26 pm  

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