Forte_Baby Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Could be worth keeping an eye on this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-11327713 Bristol City FC stadium town green application backed Continue reading the main story Ashton Vale About 200 people backed the bid to prevent new development on the site * Have your say: Ashton Vale plans Bristol City FC's plans for a new £92m stadium have received a blow after a planning inspector supported a move to declare the site a "town green". About 200 people backed the legal bid to prevent new development on the 42-acre site in Ashton Vale, close to the the club's current Ashton Gate ground. An independent inspector concluded the whole site met the legal requirements and said status should be granted. The final decision now rests with Bristol City Council. The authority has already approved the planning application for the stadium. Land can be registered as a town or village green under the Inclosure Act 1857 and Commons Act 1876. Applicants have to prove the site has been freely used for recreational purposes for 20 years or more. World Cup A 10-day inquiry into the application opened in May at the council house. Town green status would also put an end to the possibility of Bristol hosting World Cup games in 2018. Bristol City FC's chief executive Colin Sexstone said they were "naturally disappointed" by the report. "We always knew that prizes on the scale of a new regional stadium and a World Cup were never going to fall into our lap - the most ambitious and visionary projects never do - but we remain utterly determined to get there," he said. A spokesman for Ashton Vale Heritage Group said town green status would protect the land for future generations. "Local residents have been protecting these fields and fighting development of this site for more than 40 years," he said. "If we have achieved town green status, then we hope once and for all we can be free of the anxiety and stress we have endured for the last two years." 'Highly damaging' Councillor Simon Cook, deputy leader of the city council, said he was "shocked and disappointed" by the inspector's decision. He said: "The new stadium, a possible arena, redevelopment of Ashton Gate and Bristol's World Cup Host City status are at serious risk. "This amounts to around £150m worth of investment, promising at least 1,000 extra full and part-time jobs and thousands of construction jobs. "It also means we risk losing the economic impact of hosting the World Cup amounting to possibly £150m. "It would be devastating to the regeneration of south Bristol and highly damaging to the image of the city." He said the authority was "determined to chart a positive way forward", so the interests of people having an open space to walk their dogs were balanced with "the wider economic benefits". The inspector's conclusion will be considered by the council's public rights of way committee in due course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Similar to what happened with the Clayton dog toilet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Similar to what happened with the Clayton dog toilet... Don't get me started on that.....best option of them all for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
help_shiny Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 To be fair Ashton Vale is rather more beautiful than Clayton's and why should a football club be able to do whatever it wants wherever it wants? I'd like to put on record at this point that there's nothing particularly wonderful about Clayton's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc0000 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) £150 million investment... Jobs... Possible World Cup site, which would bring further investment and jobs... We really have some fecking morons in this country... Edited October 18, 2010 by oafc0000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
help_shiny Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 £150 million investment... Jobs... Possible World Cup site, which would bring further investment and jobs... We really have some fecking morons in this country... how many new permanent jobs would it create? How good an idea is it to build a 42000 seater white elephant in Bristol for probably a max of 4 games of football? Is it a catastrophe to England if Bristol wouldnt host games? (please note - I dont give a fig either way if it's built of not) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downender2 Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 how many new permanent jobs would it create? How good an idea is it to build a 42000 seater white elephant in Bristol for probably a max of 4 games of football? Is it a catastrophe to England if Bristol wouldnt host games? (please note - I dont give a fig either way if it's built of not) no idea, but any is better than none brilliant idea...population of almost 1 million in the "Greater Bristol area"...any club getting into the prem will sell out stadium this size yes,it will be a catastrophe...Bristol has nish to shout about at the murment...a legacy of various council's playing petty party politics and managing to :censored: up every major decision over the past 25 years..the stadium will be the catalyst for more investement into the area and FTR...I do give a fig if its built or not (side note...City getting relegated this season wouldn't be too clever mind... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelaticsfan Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 wherever you go you will get the guys who have nothing to do but rage about any sort of progress going on, at the end of it all if they win, they will sit there proud of themselves for a week, watching in pride as local youths drink cider on the empty fields, people fly tip on to it, and locals let their dogs do their business all over the place, until the inevitable rage about the area being a tip and "nothing is being done to regenerate the area." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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