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Is this your way of trying to be funny?

Some positive recent meetings with the council according to MCs article on RugbyLeague.com.

Given his/her usual response to the subject, perhaps they're struggling to sleep.

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wa ... ssion=true Quote “We’re trying to get a new agreement put together that provides for the community stadium, it’s been a long old haul. “It started well before my time, probably looking at 40 years now of frustration, but we’ve had a couple of positive meetings with the council recently and hopefully we’re heading in the right direction and get to announce something soon. “My biggest fear is that whilst we’re doing so well on the pitch, one day Super League is going to come knocking and say ‘guys you’ve had enough time here, it’s not good enough here anymore’ so we’ve got to get something resolved and hopefully we can get that done. “We’ve still not agreed a deal with the landlord next year but I’m hopeful we can have one last year at Belle Vue and come the last kick of next season be ready to go to a new stadium, not being ready but ready to start on it and get it built because the city of Wakefield is crying out for a top class sporting facility.”'" Not much news really, more of a hope.

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wa ... ssion=true Quote “We’re trying to get a new agreement put together that provides for the community stadium, it’s been a long old haul. “It started well before my time, probably looking at 40 years now of frustration, but we’ve had a couple of positive meetings with the council recently and hopefully we’re heading in the right direction and get to announce something soon. “My biggest fear is that whilst we’re doing so well on the pitch, one day Super League is going to come knocking and say ‘guys you’ve had enough time here, it’s not good enough here anymore’ so we’ve got to get something resolved and hopefully we can get that done. “We’ve still not agreed a deal with the landlord next year but I’m hopeful we can have one last year at Belle Vue and come the last kick of next season be ready to go to a new stadium, not being ready but ready to start on it and get it built because the city of Wakefield is crying out for a top class sporting facility.”'" Not much news really, more of a hope.

Well we all live in hope don't we?
A community stadium for the CITY OF WAKEFIELD would be a great facility for all who live here, with the various events it could be used to stage.
If all those millions can be spent mainly for people who don't live in Wakefield (The Hepworth - which incidentally I don't begrudge even though the building and contents I find aimed at people on a different planet to me) then why can't the people who actually live in the City have a place to go to, to get enjoyment.

Goes beyond Wakefield. Tremendous boost for the game as a whole to see an iconic club in a new ground.

Totally agree.

I love the Hepworth - I'm a regular, and it's always busy, and whilst it has brought in tonnes of visitors from outside the City, I'm sure that plenty of people who live here also enjoy it and benefit from it; I'd also love a Community Stadium and would enjoy that equally.

In short - it doesn't have to be an either/or - we should expect both - and but for a useless, dogmatic Council and its ties to shonky developers, we'd probably *have* both. It's especially galling to have spent the last 30 years watching Leeds blossom into an amazingly vibrant and exciting place, and we don't seem to be able to even get scraps from the table - Mr Box and his useless cronies should be thoroughly ashamed.

do we really need another thread honestly

Only thing I noticed recently is that Thornes park school has been sold by the council to the Penny Appeal. There could be a connection as The Penny appeal is a Muslim led charity that raises funds for development in Muslim countries. The connections are that I heard, read, was told that the Thornes Park school site was going to be given to our landlord by the council on favorable terms as part of the BV development plan, ie a typical Box move you scratch my back and I will stab you in yours. So unless Our landlord has some connection with The Penny Appeal it looks like that offer has been withdrawn. The only other connection I can see is that I understand ex Trinity directors are on the board of the Penny Appeal and TR also has some involvement. No such thing as a coincidence, wheels within wheels and all that.

Penny appeal TrusteesMR Eric Robert Timmins, MR ADEEM YOUNIS, MR Rizwan Khaliq, Isha BegumCharity

YES!!! and more if necessary.

The council can't give the TP site to anyone on favourable terms - it belongs (or did until just sold), to Wakefield College.

yes dboy but Box determines the planning permission that is granted, so it is within his gift re what happens to the site.

The only update we can give is that the Newmarket fast food & hotel reserved matters (15/02896/REM), the whole Newmarket site remaining reserved matters (17/03102/REM) and the Kitwave/HB Clarke planning application (18/01169/FUL) are all currently due to go before the planning committee on 17th January 2019.

Put the date in your diaries... it isn't cast in stone and might get pushed back again, but we might not know that until after the Christmas and New Year break if it is going ahead or not. We also might need some urgent & quick help 'lobbying' your local councillors via email very soon, or as late as a week before the proposed committee meeting. We will give you an outline/template and contact details for councillors when/if required.

Sorry but Mc said there had been two previous meetings with the council which were positive and a announcement was due shortly??

No news then. We should have bought Belle Vue when we had chance TBF as it was a pawn we could play! It was that cheap even I looked at buying it!

When did he say that?

Quote ="vastman"When did he say that?'" “It started well before my time, probably looking at 40 years now of frustration, but we’ve had a couple of positive meetings with the council recently and hopefully we’re heading in the right direction and get to announce something soon. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wa ... er-league/ nothing of an announcement though

Quote ="vastman"When did he say that?'" “It started well before my time, probably looking at 40 years now of frustration, but we’ve had a couple of positive meetings with the council recently and hopefully we’re heading in the right direction and get to announce something soon. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wa ... er-league/ nothing of an announcement though

your amazing, some of the comments you've over the time this has to go down as one of the best

So it's your fault we didn't get it then!
OMG call yourself a supporter. We could have had this all sorted if you'd just been bothered to buy it.

Keep the faith, keep praying, who knows just maybe one day........

For all we know, there may be a proposal on the table for Council perusal?

Hopefully before I die