No, that's good news. It means that they're ironing out issues which would otherwise cause the application to be rejected. Far better to sort them out now, than lose the application and have to go back to the drawing board or appeal, which takes ages.
A projected fall of trade by 19% to smaller local businesses? Going in front of a council who has vowed to protect small businesses? Plus the demolition of a 'memorial stadium' for another supermarket! (don't be giving me all that "just the gates" nonsense.) I think you will need to find another way to finance your stadium, because I just cant see this happening...
Plus the fact I just took a photo of these two who are living happily in an underground den beneath your pitch?
Spot on Bb, instead of trying to railroad the whole thing through it's all being carefully planned out and all parties consulted. When it finally gets to planning pretty much every base will be covered hopefully making approval more likely.
Yep a lovely debt free ground for the conference insuring we are the more investable Bristol club with the potential to progress rapidly through the leagues. Now where would you put your money if you we're investing in a club for the future a big loss maker or one with a brand spanking new ground and a lack of debt??
Yeah because investors are always looking in the conference, what must those Arabs and Russians thinking off investing in Prem teams
I've read all these " good job we are being thorough beforehand" threads over and over again on our site. I really don't care if you should get there first, (some progress would be a relief for one of us!) but I really don't think you should count too many chickens just yet.
The reason I'm fairly confident is because it will be the first major planning decision made since the election of George Ferguson and the so-called 'new age of progress' for Bristol. This extended period of negotiation with the planning officers is designed to satisfy their planning criteria. Once this is done they will then recommend approval to the Development Control Committee which is made up of councillors, some of whom will be members of Ferguson's new 'rainbow' cabinet. The whole reason why Ferguson was elected in the first place was the public's rejection of old-style party politics and the perception that this was holding Bristol back and that nothing ever gets done. Against this backdrop it will be a very, very brave committee that goes against planning officers' recommendations and demonstrates that the same old negativity against development is still alive. It will be the first big acid test for Ferguson and I believe that we will get the nod and that the bulldozers will move in early summer. I just hope that we will still be a Football League club by then. I also think that it's good news for the Ted's stadium, so that should be good for both clubs who will benefit enormously from new facilities, as will the wider city
but both clubs will only benefit with sainsburys help and mr ferguson has made it clear he doesnt want any more supermarkets.
