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****... up to 20 weeks before a date is set? Then a 3-4 day Inquiry...
can we not build until this date?
****... up to 20 weeks before a date is set? Then a 3-4 day Inquiry...
can we not build until this date?
Hey I just pasted my 1000th post without realising .....Do I Get an Oscar or something ?;)
can we not build until this date?
Woah back there!!
2. The Brighton application is the precise reverse of ours. It was rejected by the local council, then Prezza called it in and approved it over the heads of the councillors because he liked to make himself popular with footy fans, and then the whole application got blown out of the water because the morons who submitted the application had failed to spot that the ground was (a) half within the borough of Lewes; and (b) on a designated site of "outstanding natural beauty".
Need to clarify the Brighton situation because it is similar.
Brighton & Hove did grant permission for the stadium which is in their boundaries. A small part of the associated development (coach park I think but I may be wrong) is in Lewes District who object. I have certainly never been aware of either BHA or the planners not being aware of where the district boundary was.
Prescott then approved the plans following a lengthy process, including a Public Inquiry, but made a mistake in his decision as to whether the plans were in the built-up area of Brighton & Hove so basically his decision has been challenged and the government have decided to look at it again.
So, the process Brighton & Hove Albion are still going through is the same as we will be going through. The major and important difference is that the planning rationale for a stadium is far less proven than ours because as MtS says the stadium is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
As far as I can see the planning case for a stadium at FF is proven and not in doubt. The problem is with what Ron wants to put around the ground, retail etc. I have posted before on here that I didn't think the plans would get through Southend BC first time and that if they did it may be something of a hollow victory. I am fairly sure that Ron will have something up his sleeve before the Inquiry as I have always thought that the stadium application has had more associated with it, retail, hotel, flats etc than is really needed. I would not be surprised if one or two of those elements alters before the Inquiry so that Ron can give the impression he is scaling down his plans to address government concerns.
The important thing is not to get too hung up about timescales - if the Inquiry rejected the plans that would not necessarily be a no to a stadium forever but possibly an indication that it needs to be done in a different way. It may take longer but there is no reason why we cannot get there in the end if the Club shows some flexibility with their proposals.
Wtf do they want a Public enquiry?.. Surely if both councils have given it the go ahead its decided. God it makes me mad the amount of money wasted by "Figures in Power".:mad:
Cricko this government is the most bureaucratic and centralist in the history of British government. Stalin would be proud of them. They've perfected the art of spending more money than most other governments whilst geting less the other end than most governments.
can we not build until this date?
I agree with your points about the surrouding areas of the Stadium Sussex....But those too, were addressed at the meeting when the plans were approved.......I still say it's all Bollix and just keeps government figures in profile to look like they are doing there overpaid jobs and to waste more time and Tax payers money...The Fact you said its within Government lines to call these type of issues in, again stinks of bureauracy gone mad once more.:mad: