Wakefield & District Community Stadium Trust

Response to Cllr Peter Box’s Statement of 12th April 2017

The Trust having heard the statement made this afternoon by Cllr Peter Box are most encouraged by its contents. We welcome the fact that the Developer has agreed to rescind the Unilateral Undertaking in favour of a Multi-Party Agreement involving the Council, the Developer and the Wakefield & District Community Trust. We further welcome the fact that the Newcold Development will contribute towards the 60,000m2 trigger point and that the Council, if requested to do so by the Trust will provide the funding that was previously offered in 2009.

The Trust has made it clear that it has no desire to look backwards but wishes to work closely with the Council and Developer in order to ensure that the much needed community stadium and associated facilities are provided for the citizens of Wakefield as soon as is possible.

We will be meeting with the Council later this month and hope to be in receipt of the first draft of the new Multi-Party Agreement that Cllr Box referred to prior to that meeting in order that we can give it consideration and seek the views of the Trusts Lawyers. This will be the first step on what we acknowledge will be a difficult road.

We would like to thank Cllr Box for his efforts in trying to resolve this matter and his pledge of continuing support and look forward to working with all parties to bring this to a successful conclusion.

Wakefield & District Community Trust
12th April 2017

Well done to Ian, Phil and all the others who have worked so damn hard. I hope it comes off. For you, the club, and all of us.

Here here

You guys have got some stamina!!!

At least the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned back on!

Another here here from me.

Couldn't agree more - big well done.

Thanks Guys but there remains a great deal of work to do.

Yesterday was a small step forward after years of little or no progress and we still have a long and undoubtedly arduous road ahead but as someone has said there now is light at the end of the tunnel where previously there was only darkness.

Belated'well done' from me to all who have worked so hard.

Hurray !! Council & developer have agreed to do what they are supposed to do - how great are they!! Mr Box has saved the day!

Im sure those involved will keep even more vigilant now and ensure that they dont stall again. Thanks for your efforts, they are finally looking like they will pay off.

The dynamic of the Trust has changed substantially over the past few weeks. I can't think why that is???

Well done to all involved. This sounds the most promising news in ages

Guys, While I see this as a change in direction by both parties and what looks like to me is more of another delaying tactic, I do hope your confident in the statement the WMDC has given out to us hope, its been mentioned on here we should have a time scale besides the sq footage to kick start this stadium

Interesting points from Andrea Jenkins. https://twitter.com/andreajenkyns/statu ... 1743278081

Interesting points from Andrea Jenkins. https://twitter.com/andreajenkyns/statu ... 1743278081

'The devil isn't in the detail'.

It's interesting that Castleford Tigers Ltds new stadium has to be built first, before any units, to my knowledge there's no Sqm trigger involved in their S106. Ill stand being corrected but I am pretty sure I'm correct.

With this in mind I don't think opits out of order to request a time based trigger for Newmarket.

I admire your optimism Avenger, but don't you think that the council and developer will have covered all these angles in their clandestine, behind-closed doors, non-minuted meetings ??.
As I said on the other thread, I don't believe that either party is the least bit inclined to progressing development on the Newmarket site to the 60,000 sq. metre trigger point.

Then the time banded clause should force the Developer to relinquish his rights to develop the land to another developer who adopts the stadium responsibilities. At that point there should be an agreed upon financial contribution made by Yorkcourt from the profits they've made out of the Newcold or any other build.

Firstly why would Yorkcourt agree to that, there is no legal requirement for them to do so. And secondly a development that has already got 40,000m2 built on and a requirement of a £9million hole in any future profit is hardly going to be a tempting buy for another developer.

Depends I suppose. Excellent transport links on greenbelt land that wouldn't have been available but for that £9m hole.

Plus the rumoured new clarks brewery complex on probably the best location logistically in the area, trigger point easily reached with plenty of money to be made by developers even with the cost of community stadium build.