Woz01 Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Isn't there a cross party group of speedway friendly MP's?? Time to give them a bell and get them down to fans' meetings alongside the sitting MP... Yes Mark Pawsey and he is also the local MP. He has been interviewed by the Coventry Telegraph and will be at the meeting on Saturday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john birch Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 maybe 10 or 20 yrs ago that was true but i'm not so sure now, it's all about money. green belts and brown belts are just something to stop a karate experts trousers falling down. now if you had a mp or someone on the local council living in the village, now thats a different matter altogether. The current MP occasionally goes and his family at one time lived in Binley Woods while the SCB chairman and ex Bees rider is ward councillor. Can't get much better than that. Should allow houses along Rugby road and the car park side of speedway lane in return for keeping the rest. Not sure why there are no houses yet on Oakdale opposite. Nine houses going on site of disused nursery in Church Lawford (tho. perhaps encouragingly rumoured plan for forty was given the bums rush.) It's all a moot point though as speedway at the top level will be finished anyway unless they adopt a single night IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedybee Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 Yes Mark Pawsey and he is also the local MP. He has been interviewed by the Coventry Telegraph and will be at the meeting on Saturday. Also been contacted by Councillor Bally Singh who is coming on Saturday too. BBC Midlands Today doing a piece on our campaign too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 Make no mistake once the Stadium goes Speedway will never return to Coventry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 Make no mistake once the Stadium goes Speedway will never return to Coventry. I wouldn't be entirely sure about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 I wouldn't be entirely sure about that. No, neither am I, but, if Leicester's experience is anything to go by, it might be missing for a good few years. As it is, I can't see anyone getting planning permission and building a new track in time for the Bees to move in straight after they leave Brandon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanr1 Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 I've now got quite a collection of emails telling people's Brandon stories and why they object to the stadium being redeveloped. If anyone else would like to send me theirs then please do so, I will be using your stories and letters of objection to show everyone just how much the stadium means to so many people and why it should stay as a speedway venue. The email address is savecoventrystadium@hotmail.com All contributions are much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenMiller Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 Would it not be better to merge this thread with the one entitled "Coventry meeting day"? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedibee Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Your best bet is to cut a deal with the developers. In exchange for backing the developers plan, the speedway receives a downpayment of 10% of the profits of the housebuilding, in order to build a new stadium elsewhere. Say the plan is for 400 houses, with a profit of £100,00 per house. That is £40m, so 10% would be £4m towards a new stadium. Didn't Horton have plans for some kind of motorsports complex in Peterborough? Transplant that to Coventry and get the council to provide the land. You'd get a brand new, purpose built speedway stadium with the club as landlords - for free! Unfortunatley with the best will in the world and £4.000.000 theres nohwere that the Nimbies wont stop . why not build houses on the proposed new site for the speedway . and leave Brandon as it is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy jimmy Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Has planning been granted? I am a bit behind on this?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Unfortunatley with the best will in the world and £4.000.000 theres nohwere that the Nimbies wont stop . why not build houses on the proposed new site for the speedway . and leave Brandon as it is a) It would appear that Brandon has been sold to housing developers (or someone working with housing developers) The current stadium is in what I would class as a fairly residential area, so it will always be at risk of redevelopment c) A location away from houses (what about on the boundary of the airport?) will be at a lot less risk of threat from developers d) My plan means the stadium is owned by the speedway and you're not at the mercy of landlords who may be motivated by different goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 The stadium has not been sold. The company that is trying to get permission to build houses is ran by Sandhu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Science Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 The stadium has not been sold. The company that is trying to get permission to build houses is ran by Sandhu Interesting now how Mr Sandhu who was lauded as the messiah by some Coventry fans is now the chief architect into banging the nails into Coventry speedways coffin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 :-( all power to the people now to keep their stadium! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 All it was on Saturday was for residents and fans to look at what they would like to do. Not application has been submitted. It was full of inaccuracies one being that they said it's in Binley Woods when it's in Brandon! They also didn't have a clue about the hangers being listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 All it was on Saturday was for residents and fans to look at what they would like to do. Not application has been submitted. It was full of inaccuracies one being that they said it's in Binley Woods when it's in Brandon! They also didn't have a clue about the hangers being listed. They didn't know about covenants on the land. They couldn't give ANY timings. They answered every question with, "we're unable to answer that......". So in some way pretty pointless to hold the meeting, all it did was give us a chance to get together and discuss ways to stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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