Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:04 am  

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 6207914.jp Gathering momentum and at the very least the protest looks set to delay the process which could be as bad as stopping it altogether as far as Trinity are concerned!

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 6207914.jp Gathering momentum and at the very least the protest looks set to delay the process which could be as bad as stopping it altogether as far as Trinity are concerned!

Re: Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:08 am  

Pretty similar to the stories the Express were running a while back but with a bit of electioneering by the councillors. Interesting quote form Yorkcourt at the end of the article.

A spokesman for Yorkcourt said: "The concerns raised have all been addressed as part of the planning application. We have had a public consultation and met personally with residents of Newmarket Lane.

"We had a request from the Methley residents' association to go to their monthly meeting, which we attended.

"We have gone further than we are obliged to do in consulting with local residents."

Also I was under the impression that the site was private land, have the MP’s took a picture of themselves trespassing?

Re: Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:25 pm  

Tbf drainage can be improved and traffic issues aren't really an issue at the moment in Wakefield before the game unless we get one of those 8,000+ gates. I don't believe the green belt land is especially beautiful at this moment in time, I'm sure our illustrious council can develop some outstanding green areas amongst the complexes and advertise it well if they are serious about backing the project...

Re: Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:38 pm  

I'd like to register my dissatisfaction with the Yorkshire evening post and their timing of this article, I will stand corrected if I'm wrong on this but today is the penultimate day to register an objection. This article seems well timed to generate objections whilst responses to any future article in support of the development will be too late.

Re: Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:42 pm  

Funny how these officials chose the day after a general election being called to voice their opinions.

Correct me if i'm wrong TRB but hadn't Leeds Council been consulted all along about various issues, one of which was traffic and highways.

Now we have politicians riding the wave of ill informed scaremonger's, I would be scared but i know the planners have accommodated these issues into the plans, i know because i have read the plans myself, pity some residents don't do the same, they could save themselves a big slab of humble pie when Yorkcourt get the green light come July.

Yes objections close on the 8th.

Re: Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:44 pm  

The Clan wrote:

I'd like to register my dissatisfaction with the Yorkshire evening post and their timing of this article, I will stand corrected if I'm wrong on this but today is the penultimate day to register an objection. This article seems well timed to generate objections whilst responses to any future article in support of the development will be too late.

Perhaps it's a little cynical, but the decision won't be swayed by objections if all the planning criteria is satisfactory.

Re: Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:47 pm  

The Clan wrote:

I'd like to register my dissatisfaction with the Yorkshire evening post and their timing of this article, I will stand corrected if I'm wrong on this but today is the penultimate day to register an objection. This article seems well timed to generate objections whilst responses to any future article in support of the development will be too late.

Its too late for letters supporting their objection too.

We can still write in and put them in their place, stating our reasons for supporting the plan, hence why so many WAKEFIELD RESIDENTS wrote in letters of support.

What gets my goat more than anything is how Leeds & their officials think they can control and manipulate the rest of the county to their will. Westminster of Yorkshire my booty.
Well done Wakefield council for supports a scheme that builds our own wealth as a city, further strengthens our independence away from the "Greater Leeds" notion which occupies the heats of LCC.

Re: Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:48 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

electioneering by the councillors.

Exactly that, aided and abetted by a lazy journalist at the YEP.

I can't see it making much difference.

Re: Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:51 pm  

The Clan wrote:

I'd like to register my dissatisfaction with the Yorkshire evening post and their timing of this article, I will stand corrected if I'm wrong on this but today is the penultimate day to register an objection. This article seems well timed to generate objections whilst responses to any future article in support of the development will be too late.

I can kinda see their point. If Giants were making a Rugby League complex near Lepton (our backyard so to speak) with a huge industrial site I'd be at odds and I don't even live near there so traffic and flooding wouldn't even be an issue. I was upset at the Grange Moor site, it's what you see on the horizon looking out of Wakefield now. I'd want the Wakefield Express/YEP to throw a spanner in the works.

I'm all for our project though (but not so much the units, so many warehouses going bust) as we don't have a 'City' stadium and our district is a vast and populated one, the proposed land is no oil painting either...

Re: Half Page Bad News Story re Stadium in YEP : Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:53 pm  

The Clan wrote:

I'd like to register my dissatisfaction with the Yorkshire evening post and their timing of this article, I will stand corrected if I'm wrong on this but today is the penultimate day to register an objection. This article seems well timed to generate objections whilst responses to any future article in support of the development will be too late.

Totally agree. I am sure Councillors have only crept out of woodwork now a General Election has been announced.