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Planning Updates- All The Latest Details. 28/03/2022

Yes, the planning application to build 131 homes on the former NHS land at the back of Waitrose, Fossetts Farm, this was all passed at the Wednesday 9th January Development Control Meeting,

The Committee voted eight to two in flavour of the app

And what does this mean for the new stadium As the houses are ment to built around the stadium i thought
 
And what does this mean for the new stadium As the houses are ment to built around the stadium i thought

It is not part of the clubs Fossetts Farm Development, it is a totally separate development on the former NHS land adjacent to what will become our new Stadium, Hotel, residential, and training ground.

It is the land next/on the roundabout on Fossetts Way, behind Waitrose.

Our planning application remains unchanged.
 
It is not part of the clubs Fossetts Farm Development, it is a totally separate development on the former NHS land adjacent to what will become our new Stadium, Hotel, residential, and training ground.

It is the land next/on the roundabout on Fossetts Way, behind Waitrose.

Our planning application remains unchanged.
Close.

It is completely separate from the stadium development but this one is on the land to the south of Fossetts Way behind Waitrose and immediately to the east of the stadium footprint.
There is a further development by Ilke Homes going on the land to the east of Fossetts Way behind B&Q's which received approval last year.

In total there are three different developments going on over there all, confusingly, going through various stages of the planning process at the same time.
 
Indeed. I think the proper term is outline planning permission. Can you imagine how much the council officers would have to wade through if the plans included the detail for each building as well?

Moreover, it's better to do it piecemeal so that designs aren't set in stone and can accommodate changes in trends and prices, but also because it would be a colossal waste of money to have to pay people to create plans for all the detail if the scheme itself was denied permission.
Not quite true (as @MattE helpfully summarised above in post #1,121). Some of the application is for full planning permission and some for outline so not all elements require additional planning applications. The stadium will get full planning permission (when the S106 agreement is signed).

It's summarised in the planning statement here:

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It won't be starting this year, that's for sure

This is what's so frustrating. Big headlines like "Southend stadium agreed" but then theres more and more hurdles.

Just get the thing built. It's been dragging on for years. Other clubs put in an application and new ground, housing and whatever else is got on with. Even London clubs like Afc Wimbledon and Brentford etc can get it built in far higher demographic and started the process long after us.
 
This is what's so frustrating. Big headlines like "Southend stadium agreed" but then theres more and more hurdles.

Just get the thing built. It's been dragging on for years. Other clubs put in an application and new ground, housing and whatever else is got on with. Even London clubs like Afc Wimbledon and Brentford etc can get it built in far higher demographic and started the process long after us.
Yeah, you can always trust an Echo headline, remember even Chris Philips is quick to point out he doesn't write the headlines on his own pieces...
 
There's a thread with a link to a interview with Stan in the daily mail. Says stadium due to start in April. Didn't say what year.
 
Echo reports SBC have had 2nd vote of "no confidence" on council leader, again not carried BUT clearly, and from examples of poor council plans and ideas, there is a lot wrong at SBC and huge divisions between councillors that is more than political ideology and rosette colours.
With all that going on trying to get a consensus on large planning must be a lot harder than for other clubs in more stable areas.
 
There is absolutely space for politics in planning, but it is one of the most frustrating parts of the process. Watch one committee meeting and see how many nonsensical and irrelevant views are presented that are not material planning considerations and you would rather have pins stuck in your eyes.
 
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