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Post by amgas on Nov 20, 2023 20:00:58 GMT
It appears there are several sites identified to the north of the quarters and further along Hortham Lane. It looks like you can apply to have your land designated for a particular use in the local plan - Rovers have done this and I assume so have other land owners in the area. I don't think it means South Gloucs supports the proposal yet, only that the land owner has put their site forward.
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Post by amgas on Nov 20, 2023 20:02:21 GMT
Yes it does - my mistake, misread it as 2023 - surprised this has been ongoing that long ...
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Post by gashead1981 on Nov 20, 2023 20:09:50 GMT
hosted.southglos.gov.uk/callforsites/SG926.pdfNow that is interesting reading ...... Not as simple as building on the unused land it would appear. Love how they have redacted the clubs name in part of it then publish a letter with full info .... Jump to last Page of the document - it has the proposed site layout plan with training pitches moved, not using the phase 3 land ........ Basically building on the lovely pitches and starting again ...... to the right of current pitches. Must be some money in that land to do that. Plans drawn on 31st March 2023 .... Whilst I don't generally knock the owners you have to feel it is a poor planning to build the training pitches and then build houses on top of them having to redo pitches elsewhere .... I would have thought there was more mileage building it closer to the M5 perimeter as you wouldn't want footballs flying around that area. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Nov 20, 2023 20:17:29 GMT
Yes it does - my mistake, misread it as 2023 - surprised this has been ongoing that long ... Could be that money was tight so we looked at the option to sell a portion of the land as a funding mechanism to complete the rest of the development. The question is, is this still necessary with the new co-owners, or has it formed part of their assessment and they still wish to pursue it? I'd be disappointed if it's still going ahead especially as they'll need the space to accommodate all the teams they say they want there. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 20, 2023 20:19:26 GMT
hosted.southglos.gov.uk/callforsites/SG926.pdfNow that is interesting reading ...... Not as simple as building on the unused land it would appear. Love how they have redacted the clubs name in part of it then publish a letter with full info .... Jump to last Page of the document - it has the proposed site layout plan with training pitches moved, not using the phase 3 land ........ Basically building on the lovely pitches and starting again ...... to the right of current pitches. Must be some money in that land to do that. Plans drawn on 31st March 2023 .... Whilst I don't generally knock the owners you have to feel it is a poor planning to build the training pitches and then build houses on top of them having to redo pitches elsewhere .... I would have thought there was more mileage building it closer to the M5 perimeter as you wouldn't want footballs flying around that area. But would you pay £750K+ to live right next to the M5? It looks like another b@lls up by somebody at the club if we do now have to relay the pitches closer to the M5 although to be fair perhaps they never envisaged get pp for housing, perhaps they should have listened to ChippenhamGas who now seems to have been a visionary!! |
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Post by playtowin on Nov 20, 2023 20:23:48 GMT
Is there enough land on the site to have 1st team,Academy,u23s and womens team ,a gym , several pitches ,car park ,plus 70 houses ?
Seems a squeeze.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 20, 2023 20:25:45 GMT
Yes it does - my mistake, misread it as 2023 - surprised this has been ongoing that long ... Could be that money was tight so we looked at the option to sell a portion of the land as a funding mechanism to complete the rest of the development. The question is, is this still necessary with the new co-owners, or has it formed part of their assessment and they still wish to pursue it? I'd be disappointed if it's still going ahead especially as they'll need the space to accommodate all the teams they say they want there. Not sure it's disappointing if we get £7m+ for a third of the land bought for a £1m, just as long as the money stays with the club and doesn't disappear to pay previous debts? |
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 20, 2023 20:28:18 GMT
Is there enough land on the site to have 1st team,Academy,u23s and womens team ,a gym , several pitches ,car park ,plus 70 houses ? Seems a squeeze. Not sure there's any need to have the Gas Girls based there when they clearly have to train and change separately, I've no idea when the Academy train but given they are mainly school age I doubt it's during the day when the seniors train? |
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Post by badengas on Nov 20, 2023 20:32:25 GMT
New players will have to live on site ?
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 20, 2023 20:35:07 GMT
New players will have to live on site ? What site? The land will no doubt be sold to property developers? |
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Post by Gasshole on Nov 20, 2023 20:51:58 GMT
New players will have to live on site ? Who wouldn’t want to live at the lake house. Sipping Mojitos whilst being serenaded by a collection of Mallards, Coots and the occasional Great Crested Grebe. |
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Post by singupgas on Nov 20, 2023 21:10:37 GMT
Is there enough land on the site to have 1st team,Academy,u23s and womens team ,a gym , several pitches ,car park ,plus 70 houses ? Seems a squeeze. Not sure there's any need to have the Gas Girls based there when they clearly have to train and change separately, I've no idea when the Academy train but given they are mainly school age I doubt it's during the day when the seniors train? Why wouldn't the Gas girls train there? If there isn't changing rooms we ought to build them. |
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Post by Smithy Gas on Nov 20, 2023 21:12:26 GMT
hosted.southglos.gov.uk/callforsites/SG926.pdfNow that is interesting reading ...... Not as simple as building on the unused land it would appear. Love how they have redacted the clubs name in part of it then publish a letter with full info .... Jump to last Page of the document - it has the proposed site layout plan with training pitches moved, not using the phase 3 land ........ Basically building on the lovely pitches and starting again ...... to the right of current pitches. Must be some money in that land to do that. Plans drawn on 31st March 2023 .... Whilst I don't generally knock the owners you have to feel it is a poor planning to build the training pitches and then build houses on top of them having to redo pitches elsewhere .... I would have thought there was more mileage building it closer to the M5 perimeter as you wouldn't want footballs flying around that area. Clearly access is a problem on site (pretty sure there has been remediation works to footpaths to the perimeter etc.) so it makes perfect sense to site 70 houses as close as possible to the existing access on Hortham Lane. It might seem a bit profligate to have to redo the pitches but it depends what the end game is in terms of facilities for the club on the rest of the site. |
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Post by singupgas on Nov 20, 2023 21:19:27 GMT
Other than selling parts of the quarters, what else does the club have planned, I thought it was going to expanded if anything with added pitches and facilities.
Does concern me we seem to have no money to develop the ground but also now selling the quarters land.
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Post by stuart1974 on Nov 20, 2023 21:20:44 GMT
Not sure there's any need to have the Gas Girls based there when they clearly have to train and change separately, I've no idea when the Academy train but given they are mainly school age I doubt it's during the day when the seniors train? Why wouldn't the Gas girls train there? If there isn't changing rooms we ought to build them. Iirc the revamped plans had female changing rooms too. |
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Post by gashead1981 on Nov 20, 2023 21:34:09 GMT
I've been to the quarters a good few times, the site is massive. I was told quite sometime ago that there were plans to develop it and build another hub and a pitch which would be bespoke for the first team next to where the gym is and the existing club house would be for the academy and under 23s.
I was also told they were going to look to put in some community developments that the club could also benefit from and that would seem the most sensible too. Some sort of commercial development whereby we collect a good rental income.
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Post by gascloud on Nov 20, 2023 21:53:07 GMT
I’m guessing this news will be strangled with negatives for the next how many months/years. Oh well, the games start again soon thank the lord.
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Post by womble on Nov 20, 2023 21:56:32 GMT
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 20, 2023 21:57:43 GMT
Other than selling parts of the quarters, what else does the club have planned, I thought it was going to expanded if anything with added pitches and facilities. Does concern me we seem to have no money to develop the ground but also now selling the quarters land. We've spent more on the ground this year than we have done for 50+ years? Anyway why are you concerned Rovers have never had any money to develop the ground it's not like it's a new development. Even in the FM deal had gone ahead it would have meant handing the Mem over to CI in exchange for the new stadium. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2023 21:58:48 GMT
Not sure there's any need to have the Gas Girls based there when they clearly have to train and change separately, I've no idea when the Academy train but given they are mainly school age I doubt it's during the day when the seniors train? Why wouldn't the Gas girls train there? If there isn't changing rooms we ought to build them. Because the gas girls aren’t ran by the FC |
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