mickthemuppet Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Mildenhall Stadium could be forced to close after the Supreme Court awarded costs against them of £500,000 due to complaints about noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 WHAT!!!!!! How on earth can this happen, when you get all that noise from the motorcross or whatever is going on at the back of the car park? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Link? http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/new_judgement_could_force_mildenhall_stadium_to_close_1_4165627 Really feel for all those at the club. It's worrying how easily it can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 If the stadium is owned by a limited company and the legal fees are against the company and the company doesn't have the capital or assets to pay the fees, the company will go into liquidation. The stadium owners could perhaps start a new company, without the debt. Depends, I suppose, who owns the stadium, if the company does, then that is an asset which would be used. Maybe Mr Coventry has a 'master plan'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Even so,it seems the stadium can only be used for 12 events a year!Surely rules out speedway in the future,unless you can combine a speedway/greyhound day.And even then what about the stock car days...........n the other hand it seems the ore they fight the deeper they dig a hole for themselves as it appears they could have ended all the trouble by buying the house off the pair.Not right though...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 If the stadium is owned by a limited company and the legal fees are against the company and the company doesn't have the capital or assets to pay the fees, the company will go into liquidation. The stadium owners could perhaps start a new company, without the debt. If they haven't got £500,000 to pay the legal fees and go into receivership, how are they going to find milions to put into a new company to buy the stadium back off the receiver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 If they haven't got £500,000 to pay the legal fees and go into receivership, how are they going to find milions to put into a new company to buy the stadium back off the receiver? That's why I said, depends if the Ltd company owns it. If the stadium is owned by, say, Mr Coventry's wife, then you can see what I mean! I don't know, maybe Mr Coventry's company leases the stadium? he could be a shroud businessman! Then again, he might not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Ironic that the american air base Mildenhall has jets flying in 24 hours a day with noise that is a 100 times louder that a speedway bike .the US base is about half a mile from the speedway track 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Just read the article. It is disgusting that two disgruntled idiots who did not think to go near a house they were buying during a match can do this. Disgusting that a stadium can have this happen to them when they have been there for years Disgusting that two people can ruin something for so many others. Something should be done about this, someone somewhere should see sense before yet another speedway track goes. I get so frustrated about stuff like this. My home town, Hastings, used to have a speedway track before 1 yes 1 person complained about noise. AGGHHHHH!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Just read the article. It is disgusting that two disgruntled idiots who did not think to go near a house they were buying during a match can do this. Disgusting that a stadium can have this happen to them when they have been there for years Disgusting that two people can ruin something for so many others. Something should be done about this, someone somewhere should see sense before yet another speedway track goes. I get so frustrated about stuff like this. My home town, Hastings, used to have a speedway track before 1 yes 1 person complained about noise. AGGHHHHH!!! Yes and no. Lets assume you buy a house next door to a speedway and stock car stadium. Each weekend you hear the speedway and stock cars but you knew that was coming. Now one day, at 2am in the morning you hear them making noise. You ignore it once. What if that 2am noise becomes a regular thing? What if the noise is more than stock cars and speedway once a week? People have to expect the stadium to make noise but NOT excessive noise at inconsiderate times. I bet the planes only take off between the hours of 8 and 8ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbogge Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Mildenhall USAF base is used under the visiting forces act . This was an agreement set up by the govenment during WW2. Re confirmed in 1952 It more or less lets them do as they please. Edited July 27, 2015 by fredbogge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Yes and no. Lets assume you buy a house next door to a speedway and stock car stadium. Each weekend you hear the speedway and stock cars but you knew that was coming. Now one day, at 2am in the morning you hear them making noise. You ignore it once. What if that 2am noise becomes a regular thing? What if the noise is more than stock cars and speedway once a week? People have to expect the stadium to make noise but NOT excessive noise at inconsiderate times. I bet the planes only take off between the hours of 8 and 8ish. I am not sure what you are getting at. Maybe I have missed some of the story. Are they making noise at the track at 2am? If so then that needs to stop. No doubt. If they are not then my thoughts in my post still stand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I am not sure what you are getting at. Maybe I have missed some of the story. Are they making noise at the track at 2am? If so then that needs to stop. No doubt. If they are not then my thoughts in my post still stand! I think SCB is right, there is more to this saga. I know it was said that after stocks and banger evening meetings, they were clearing up the track, which went on until 2 am, which even for the most accommodating of neighbours, maybe hard to put up with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) I am not sure what you are getting at. Maybe I have missed some of the story. Are they making noise at the track at 2am? If so then that needs to stop. No doubt. If they are not then my thoughts in my post still stand! There have been suggestions in the past that there was excessive noise in the middle of the night and noise for noise sake when there were no events taking place just to piss this couple off. For the record, I think anyone complaining about the noise from the speedway and stocks cars during events at a speedway/stock car stadium is a pillock and should be ignored. But I can see, if the stories are true, why some people may get upset and ask for a little more respect. If the people being asked to show some respect then do the opposite, I can see why someone may take legal action. Edited July 27, 2015 by SCB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em1500uk Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Ironic that the american air base Mildenhall has jets flying in 24 hours a day with noise that is a 100 times louder that a speedway bike .the US base is about half a mile from the speedway track I said this on here myself years ago when this whole saga started! Can't see much hope for Mildenhall surviving this now and the funny thing is, is that with this law change, the noise disturbance thing could affect any similar type of venue where there are residents near by who might complain about the noise. More stadiums could be at risk of closure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 A summary of the case, including a link to the 2014 Supreme Court decision (91 pages!); http://www.environmentlaw.org.uk/rte.asp?id=309 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Seems to me that the only hope would be if the Secretary of State for the Environment (I think that's the right government department, but I may be wrong) over-rules the court judgement and decrees that the stadium can continue to do what it's always done. Short of a Government minister playing god, I can't see any hope for Mildenhall. Maybe the people who brought the action will have their home address in the public domain now. Anyone made redundant by the closure of the stadium could pop round their place and ask that couple if they have got any spare change please. Make them really proud of their actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) There have been suggestions in the past that there was excessive noise in the middle of the night and noise for noise sake when there were no events taking place just to piss this couple off. For the record, I think anyone complaining about the noise from the speedway and stocks cars during events at a speedway/stock car stadium is a pillock and should be ignored. But I can see, if the stories are true, why some people may get upset and ask for a little more respect. If the people being asked to show some respect then do the opposite, I can see why someone may take legal action. Had it been a 'little' more respect, I'd agree. They didn't want a little. What they wanted was enough to make the stadium completely uneconomical. - as Iris has said, used just 12 times a year. Their demands were at least as unreasonable as the stadiums, and lets not forget they moved in without making any attempt to find out just what usage there was (although both the previous owner and the estate agent told them). So, in effect, they moved in next to the stadium and now want it, effectively, shut down. It beggars belief_that just two people in such circumstances can go through our legal system and have judgement made in their favour. I think you have to ask yourself a question. Before buying a home, do you make sure its right for you ? Seems to me that the only hope would be if the Secretary of State for the Environment (I think that's the right government department, but I may be wrong) over-rules the court judgement and decrees that the stadium can continue to do what it's always done. Short of a Government minister playing god, I can't see any hope for Mildenhall. Maybe the people who brought the action will have their home address in the public domain now. Anyone made redundant by the closure of the stadium could pop round their place and ask that couple if they have got any spare change please. Make them really proud of their actions. I doubt very much that they will move back. To my knowledge, the house has been burned down and stripped. Even if locals disagree with that, I doubt very much that they have made themselves popular in the locality. Also to my knowledge, the court judgement only applies if they move back in. After all, the stadium wouldn't be running now if that wasn't the case. With that in mind, I am a little more optimistic. The stadium isn't going to go away, so even if the present owners lose it there's every chance it will still be open for business. Edited July 27, 2015 by Halifaxtiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 I doubt whether the "costs and expenses" will "go away" whether the people move back in or not. Those alone will cripple the stadium owners and speedway promotion. Next issue is the planning permission which the verdict indicated was "personal" to the current people. So if these people bow out through bankruptcy then does the planning permission to run speedway etc expire as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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