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Post by miltongas on Feb 5, 2023 11:03:53 GMT
It has to be observed that a change of party probably won’t make any difference. We’ve been back in Bristol for nearly 30 years and haven’t made any genuine progress regardless of which party is in power. Which party in the last 30 years has actually refused us permission? They’ve not exactly fallen over themselves to help us though? I’m not aiming it any party at all. Unless I’m mistaken the council didn’t exactly fall over themselves to help us get back to Bristol either. I’m not saying they actively block us but the level of help appears to be very limited.
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Post by Smithy Gas on Feb 5, 2023 13:34:11 GMT
Didn’t stop anything though did it? As planning permission was granted regardless of the evil little green men and women… They weren’t keen on airport expansion either and that’s been rubber stamped this week. Surely by now people know it doesn’t matter who sits in the big seat at the council, they aren’t in charge of planning decisions. Planning decisions we’ve never been on the wrong end of. If we make an application for a stadium in any local authority and it complies with all policy it will gain permission regardless of who’s in charge. Being able to pay for it however… Well actually the delays they caused through appeals etc meant that the change in approach from big supermarkets to smaller ones had taken hold with Sainsburys then pulling out. Without their constant delays it would have in all likelihood gone through. Supposition. Sainsbury’s offered so much over the value of the land and bottled it. And campaign group/NIMBYs aren’t the same as being the largest political party running a city council (which as I say has no relevance whatsoever in regards to planning decisions…) The only reason we aren’t in any new stadium is of our own making and to do with being able to pay for it. If at any point over the last 25 years we had 100 million quid in the bank we’d be in a redeveloped Mem or the Uwe Stadium and not reliant on supermarkets, student accommodation providers, universities or other developers to pay for it. As it is we have to juggle those plates so I can see how difficult is and also understand how/why people want to blame anything/anyone else for our own failings.
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Post by orgasmic on Feb 5, 2023 20:02:23 GMT
Well actually the delays they caused through appeals etc meant that the change in approach from big supermarkets to smaller ones had taken hold with Sainsburys then pulling out. Without their constant delays it would have in all likelihood gone through. Supposition. Sainsbury’s offered so much over the value of the land and bottled it. And campaign group/NIMBYs aren’t the same as being the largest political party running a city council (which as I say has no relevance whatsoever in regards to planning decisions…) The only reason we aren’t in any new stadium is of our own making and to do with being able to pay for it. If at any point over the last 25 years we had 100 million quid in the bank we’d be in a redeveloped Mem or the Uwe Stadium and not reliant on supermarkets, student accommodation providers, universities or other developers to pay for it. As it is we have to juggle those plates so I can see how difficult is and also understand how/why people want to blame anything/anyone else for our own failings. Sainsburys have a company that they own who specialise in obtaining PP for new stores. The gentleman in charge of the proposed development at the Mem told me directly that if there hadn’t been delays, the deal would have completed and that store would have been 1 of 3 that Sainsburys built before changing strategy. So not supposition at all! I do agree though, that the reason Rovers aren’t in a new stadium is absolutely their responsibility.
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