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Post by bidefordgas on Feb 20, 2024 12:35:12 GMT
Topper you clearly have no idea about how councils make these plans. Councils look at areas of land in their areas either owned by them or others. In the case of the training ground owned by our club, they have identified that there is space on the undeveloped part for 67 houses in order for them to achieve their target for new housing. It is our asset and if we have plans for the undeveloped parts we can iobviously seek the planning permission for what we want. It then becomes a you scratch our back and we will scratch yours agreement. ie. The club say they want another couple of pitches, one under cover, a new building with facilities for the academy etc etc and allow some use for local people. The club further propose they build ten executive houses on the remainder of the site and the council say thanks very much that’s another ten houses off the total of our overall plan for the county. You have to remember in that area they will have to appease the locals as well as the football club so no way will they force the building I of 67 houses on land they don’t own and not let us expand further than what we have already done. I might have missed something here. The last I heard was that the council had put out to tender the requirement for land to build houses. We put our hands up and said, you know that land you sold us for peanuts. We can sell you some back for gold. I really hope there is opportunity to negotiate in this deal. Some have mentioned a covenant that you cannot charge for events on that land (maybe restricted to sporting events?). It would be great if they could scratch our back and remove that covenant. Eh, voila! They've maybe pulled a stadium out of their arse funded by the council. Wouldn't that be funny. You have missed nothing. We are clearly in a good position to finish the training ground for our requirements and offset the cost by selling some of the spare land off. |
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Post by blueridge on Feb 20, 2024 13:34:01 GMT
Topper you clearly have no idea about how councils make these plans. Councils look at areas of land in their areas either owned by them or others. In the case of the training ground owned by our club, they have identified that there is space on the undeveloped part for 67 houses in order for them to achieve their target for new housing. It is our asset and if we have plans for the undeveloped parts we can iobviously seek the planning permission for what we want. It then becomes a you scratch our back and we will scratch yours agreement. ie. The club say they want another couple of pitches, one under cover, a new building with facilities for the academy etc etc and allow some use for local people. The club further propose they build ten executive houses on the remainder of the site and the council say thanks very much that’s another ten houses off the total of our overall plan for the county. You have to remember in that area they will have to appease the locals as well as the football club so no way will they force the building I of 67 houses on land they don’t own and not let us expand further than what we have already done. I might have missed something here. The last I heard was that the council had put out to tender the requirement for land to build houses. We put our hands up and said, you know that land you sold us for peanuts. We can sell you some back for gold. I really hope there is opportunity to negotiate in this deal. Some have mentioned a covenant that you cannot charge for events on that land (maybe restricted to sporting events?). It would be great if they could scratch our back and remove that covenant. Eh, voila! They've maybe pulled a stadium out of their arse funded by the council. Wouldn't that be funny. Not quite right - the Club didn't buy the land off South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). SGC have produced a Local Plan (a huge document which can be viewed on line and is still at the consultation stage) to provide Housing & Infrastructure in the area over the next 15 years - included in the plan is a call for sites (in addition to sites already identified and included) both big and small to help deliver the housing required. The Club have offered a relatively small piece of land which will 'clip' onto the existing Hortham Village and will require the two training pitches to be shifted (or a total revamp) to the other side of the existing car park. I believe it's only few hectares and it's still fairly early days. |
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