It's hilarious. The Cross Points 33 development up at Knottingley falls within WMDC planning control.
B8 industrial, same as Newmarket. Took 2 years from planning approval to TKMaxx taking up residence there.

The way this site was sold is something else:

The brochure has quotes from Andy Wallhead in it:
"Cross Point 33 is a
nationally recognised
distribution and
logistics location."
Andy Wallhead
Corporate Director of Regeneration
& Economic Growth

The brochure: [urlhttp://crosspointwakefield.co.uk/_/pdf/735%20Crosspoint%20Brochure_JUN16.pdf[/url
The website: [urlhttp://crosspointwakefield.co.uk/[/url
The press: [urlhttp://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/2-000-jobs-on-the-way-as-warehouse-plans-approved-1-7294325[/url note the quotes from Denise Jeffery...

It appears the difference here is a developer who actually wanted to build the whole site out and actively tried to promote it. What we have at Newmarket is a developer who wanted to build to their own agenda, the minimum, Newcold, and hold off on the rest of the site until later. Why? Well, based on the Yorkcourt back of a fag packet effort that they sent most recently, I think we all know why. They've waited for the time when planning on the site expires, which I believe it now has, so they can reapply for reclassification of the planning to housing so they can maximise their income.

Common denominator on both sites is WMDC. They've delivered on one, very quickly, but not on the other. Why?

Lot of fingers pointed at WMDC, and rightly so. But it's an understatement to say that the agenda and motivations of Yorkcourt has a lot to answer for in the timeline of this saga.

I bet they've got evidence of meetings with companies they've tried to get to Newmarket and who was the person responsible in trying to fill probably the most attractive logistical site in the north of England.

Interesting to note that the developer at Ferrybridge is our old friend (sic) Mr Caddick!

The irony of it all

There were/are rumours regarding caddicks interest in taking over development of Newmarket.

I would trust Caddick more than i trust Yorkcourt. In fact i would trust anybody before Yorkcourt.

Anybody would think that the BV scheme was a ploy to remove the obligation to build a stadium at Newmarket - allowing YorkCourt to sell it on for a vast profit. I'm sure it wasn't...

Yorkcourt are only as untrustworthy as they are being allowed to be. If WMDC were doing their job they wouldn't have the chance.

Box is the one you can't trust.

The same Mr Caddick that kyboshed the most attractive site imaginable for Wakefield Trinity, Yorkshire CCC et al at Durkar, M1 junct.39.
They're all tarred with the same brush.

Caddick's car was parked on Park Place today, the heart of the solicitor belt in Leeds, parking wardens were giving it "special attention" but I couldn't hang about long enough to find out if my day was gonna be cheered up or not...

Noticed in Wakefield Express that there is more planning permission from Newcold.
Anyone know what this is?

It's for an ancilliary office, we are aware of it.

Would thst take them above the square metres in the 106?

No but remember Newcold was excluded from the trigger so the clock on the 60,000m2 is at zero.

I know it won’t happen but if YC were serious about building the stadium they could agree that they would let newcold count towards the trigger point, the fact they won’t tells us all we need to know

If they were serious about building the stadium they could just ignore the trigger point completely and start building it. That would then give them an incentive to start signing people up for the rest of the site, instead of letting them go elsewhere.

The trigger point is a maximum that they can build out before starting on a stadium - there isn't a minimum!!

I think they would argue they need the 60000m2 (I believe at the PI they wanted 100k) to provide the necessary funding to start building, not being a cash rich business.

Still the lack of on site promotion tells you they ain't trying to market it at all.

They did and agreed to a new S106 Agreement but when they produced the Heads of Terms it was crack, far worse the the one we have so it was rejected.

Correct.

Have I missed something, Sandal, but I thought that at that Council Meeting Box said that they had agreed to include the original Newcold build in the 60,000 sq m

Yes and it was to be covered in a new S106 Agreement with the Unilateral Undertaking being torn up. However when we received the draft terms for the new S106 Agreement they were totally unacceptable to the Trust and the Club and were rejected.

My understanding too!

Does the 60,000 m2 refer to the land occupied and therefore include the HGV parking bays, offices etc or is it purely the warehouse that counts?

It’s the footprint of the actual building and does not include external areas such as car parks.

See post above yours.