many thanks to those that have been keeping us informed of the developments regarding newmarket.

assuming all goes our way (and rightly so), and our wonderful city and club get the green light for what we require and deserve, how soon before work commences on the development?

what first, and when?

i cannot imagine that with profits to be had and tennants to get paying rent that the builders will want to waste time. that said i know very little about how big developments like this are planned and costed so wonder if an informed member of the board could give a bit of background.

Party

BIG PARTY

If the news is good and we are very confident the Supporters Trust has plans for an "Event" which will be informative as well as enjoyable.

Watch this space.

There's going to be a BBQ

Jelly and ice cream

Better ask the Bradford forum if we can have it back.

We always have a BBQ, I'm thinking more amuse bouche and Don Pom this time around!!!!

Wasn't the 2014 season the date given for the new stadium? I thought I had read that somewhere.

I'm sure someone will be able to help answers some of the questions, hope so anyway.

I believe Rodney Walker is aiming for a mid 2014 completion, which is probably a little on the optimistic side.

Polish builders would get it knocked together in a month

So in a nuttshell, have we got the dosh/dosh in place then or what?

That's the million pound question. Ultimately time will tell.

There is a fully funded model in place, but that doesn't mean that the dosh is sitting in an account somewhere earning interest. The funds will come from the council, from the developer, from various funding bodies - and some of these will be inter-dependant. The developers bit is, in theory, linked to the signing of tennancy agreements for the units proposed, but the intention is to force the hand of the devloper and, where necessary, arrange for bridge funding to help speed up the process.

All this will take place alongside the detailed planning application, but again there are a few loose ends here such as whether and how much bodies such as Wakefield College become involved - the more the merrier - and the bigger and better.

But, let's got ahead of ourselves, there is still a big hurdle to be crossed and we'll know by Tuesday if the above is waste of time - or not!

Living in Methley and being a Trin fan can we have the party down here? It would be ace, plus i know one or two in the village who love it and put a proper red white and blue show on

That would be great dyk we could invite June fender and co I'm sure they'd join in the celebrations!

That fella who owns "face the future" looks to have a big garden, would he let us have it there?????

Do you think he can........ 'face the future' ???

In all seriousness, the ones who live there will be the ones with the greatest effect and I have far more sympathy with them (assuming we get the nod) than I would with June Fender, who's raison detre (sp?) has been to protect her cosseted little world and not consider any of the significant benefits to hers and Wakefield's local folk.... jobs etc....

I don't think he's got much choice, do you?
Saw Mrs Fender about an hour ago door knocking up and down Church Street/Lane in Methley.

Seriously? Funny if true! Wonder if she's "given up on Wakefield"/ can't leave near this "carbuncle" & is leaving post haste??

If we get the green light on Tuesday there's sweet FA she can do. There's no appeal, no comeback, no asking for a recount & I think she used her "ace" when she called in the big boys from the LCC- That worked didn't it June! Considering the didn't reply to the SoS's request for further comment they obviously think they played a blinder in December & don't need to say anymore! Or they could have given up.

It's 100% true mate, TBF she could have been selling Avon!!

Someone of her standing doesn't do that, surely she'll pay someone to do that for her.

FWIW I hope she got wet, although her logic was "soggy" to begin with.

I know this is going to sound naive but I have been told tonight by someone who knows someone involved in the official process (I know, I know), that the decision has been made in favour of the development. If the person I know is freely pedalling this information then I can only assume that those closely involved (TRB etc) must also already know the decision?