Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:00 am  

He might be getting worried due to the latest news that the muslim community in Wakey are looking at building a new mosque on the superbowl site.

Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:56 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

He might be getting worried due to the latest news that the muslim community in Wakey are looking at building a new mosque on the superbowl site.

They've already got one on Agbrigg Road, unless it's an Indian Restaurant.

Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:12 pm  

hard team to follow wrote:

good old wakie fan worrying about Cas because your ship is sinking quick but don't worry about us we will be fine it will go through not been called in so no need to get giddy.

Fair question I thought, no need to be so touchy. Glad to hear its not been called in. So when can we realistically expect building to start?

Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:05 pm  

deeHell wrote:

Fair question I thought, no need to be so touchy. Glad to hear its not been called in. So when can we realistically expect building to start?

If every thing goes through the stadium build starts dates are said to be 18-1-2016 but with been a massive job I should imgane the ground work and roads will start before .

Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:30 pm  

hard team to follow wrote:

If every thing goes through the stadium build starts dates are said to be 18-1-2016 but with been a massive job I should imgane the ground work and roads will start before .

So it still hasn't gone through then?

Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:44 pm  

deeHell wrote:

So it still hasn't gone through then?

need more time in other words ever get number 10 make thedecision so till parlement reopens sit Waite for a couple month.

Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:12 am  

As I understand it the position is:

WMDC Planning have passed the decision to the Secretary of States office and have delayed them from making the decision until after the General Election. There is an element of the development which sits on greenbelt land and as such it has a 50/50 chance of being called in for a Public Inquiry. If that happens and we extrapolate the timeline using Wakefield's PI as a guide then a decision alone could be 2 1/2 years away.

In terms of funding, the development requires a major supermarket to sign up and that isn't looking very likely at the moment. ASDA already have a presence nearby as do Morrisons. Tesco have scrapped their new store building programme and are in fact looking at closing a number of stores. Morrisons have just posted their worst profits in over a decade and gave also scrapped any new build plans. Aldi, Lidl, Farm Foods & Iceland don't build major stores so that leaves Sainsbury's who aren't showing any interest in the development, don't currently have plans to open any major new stores because they're concentrating on the smaller locals.

Take this how you like, I wish Castleford all the best in building or improving a stadium but it's a long way off and there's some major hurdles to get over.

Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:49 am  

"In terms of funding, the development requires a major supermarket to sign up".

I didn't know Next were classed as a Supermarket.

Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:03 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

As I understand it the position is:

WMDC Planning have passed the decision to the Secretary of States office and have delayed them from making the decision until after the General Election. There is an element of the development which sits on greenbelt land and as such it has a 50/50 chance of being called in for a Public Inquiry. If that happens and we extrapolate the timeline using Wakefield's PI as a guide then a decision alone could be 2 1/2 years away.

In terms of funding, the development requires a major supermarket to sign up and that isn't looking very likely at the moment. ASDA already have a presence nearby as do Morrisons. Tesco have scrapped their new store building programme and are in fact looking at closing a number of stores. Morrisons have just posted their worst profits in over a decade and gave also scrapped any new build plans. Aldi, Lidl, Farm Foods & Iceland don't build major stores so that leaves Sainsbury's who aren't showing any interest in the development, don't currently have plans to open any major new stores because they're concentrating on the smaller locals.

Take this how you like, I wish Castleford all the best in building or improving a stadium but it's a long way off and there's some major hurdles to get over.

The whole proposed development site is currently designated as Greenbelt in the LDF.

Equally, the supermarket in question is rumoured to be M&S and also Next are rumoured to have signed to place one of their Next Home stores on the development. Trust me, they have the tenants lined up and as such, if it gets handed back then it will move reasonably quickly. If not then I would expect a PI before the end of the year with a decision sometime towards the end of the first quarter of 2016.

Even if it does get handed back in May/June (which I think it will), then getting the ground up and running by the start of the 2017 becomes very tight. They clearly wanted to get the open-casting done during this summer and avoid the winter months. Only time will tell now!

Still, either way, I expect they will be in the new ground by the start of the 2018 latest.

Re: Five Towns Park - latest update : Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:11 pm  

Sounds good IA . That will do for me. Welcome to the desert that is the Cas Tigers board on RLfans.com.

P.S. - Will you be having any business interest in the proposed new stadium for Castleford Tigers ?