thecoombdog Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, RobMcCaffery said: I'd have thought it was obviously a ploy to demolish the current stadium then find some good reason why a new stadium can't be built on top of the smoking ruins and how they will sadly be forced into completing the housing estate instead of a new stadium. I hate to be cynical but this plan has stunk to high heaven ever since the initial proposal was to put the new stadium car park on the centre 'green'! Spot on I fear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 How much garbage Can people take in ....how can people keep saying its going to happen . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke Potter Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Still fishy but, being optimistic... If the track is shortened to be a carbon copy of the new Belle Vue then that will be excellent news... Swindon current length = 363m, New Belle Vue = 347m. Russell & Co should now be insisting/ensuring the track is a replica of Belle Vue, of course they won't be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, orion said: How much garbage Can people take in ....how can people keep saying its going to happen . Spot on. I feel sorry for people who are so gullible to keep getting taken in. It will go quiet now for 9 months before more exciting breaking news is out that the stadium is imminent. More chance of Gavan admitting Poole will pee the league next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 The most telling document within the new planning permission is the 2017 Framework Master Plan. It shows houses where the "new" stadium was originally supposed to be. These plans are simply being submitted in order to unlock further house building. http://pa1.swindon.gov.uk/publicaccess/files/48810D4EB6A3C6FD126E1250D0E7D8C3/pdf/S_RES_18_0027-2017_FRAMEWORK_MASTERPLAN-646104.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepturningleft Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Mind, most thought Belle Vue would never happen. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 3 hours ago, thecoombdog said: Spot on. I feel sorry for people who are so gullible to keep getting taken in. It will go quiet now for 9 months before more exciting breaking news is out that the stadium is imminent. More chance of Gavan admitting Poole will pee the league next season. Sadly you get people who are at the clubwho turn on anyone who dare say that it won' happen ..with Clark Osbourne track record on not building stadiums and change of plan after change of plan you still have people thinking that they are telling the truth and thinking it will go ahead ..i expect the next statement to be around September saying there will be a delay before the normal suspects tell us we are being negative for not being taken by yet another lie . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 I think it would be worth the Swindon promotion going to the Port Talbot factory to see if their stadium actually exists in modular form. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Well if I had bought one of the houses in the pits on the basis that the stadium was being relocated, I would not be happy with these plan changes. We were also told that the new stadium was being stored somewhere in Wales but the new drawings look nothing like the old ones! It does seem that something is amiss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj350z Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Are Swindon on the final lap........ http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/15894764.Russell_hoping_Robins_are_on_home_stretch_for_new_stadium/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Steve0 said: Well if I had bought one of the houses in the pits on the basis that the stadium was being relocated, I would not be happy with these plan changes. We were also told that the new stadium was being stored somewhere in Wales but the new drawings look nothing like the old ones! It does seem that something is amiss Report in the adver states that there was a realistic program to be racing on their new track this season, oh yea. http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/15893968.Abbey_Stadium_owners_announce_new_plans_for_arena/?ref=mr&lp=2 Have they not got to go and get new planning permission as this is a complete change to what was originally proposed before they start? That will delay things and now there are occupants living a lot closer to the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 22 hours ago, Grachan said: So the plan now, it seems, is for the new stadium to be built on the same site as the current one. If new one is worked on and changed, then fine. If the current one is to be demolished first, then not fine. If the current one is to be demolished first, I would be very concerned for Swindon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 22 minutes ago, eric i said: If the current one is to be demolished first, I would be very concerned for Swindon. Apparently it's not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy swindon pete Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 When I very first read about the news I initially thought it was cause for cautious optimism. The more questions that pop up though, the more doubts it brings, at this stage. Are the actual new plans anywhere to look at? I’m assuming the old proposed new stadium site that was beset with “drainage issues” will be now used for houses? If so, how does it stop a stadium built on it but not a load of houses? i hold the same mentality as I have for the last 10 years. I’ll only believe it when we’re stood there watching a meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 33 minutes ago, Speedy swindon pete said: When I very first read about the news I initially thought it was cause for cautious optimism. The more questions that pop up though, the more doubts it brings, at this stage. Are the actual new plans anywhere to look at? I’m assuming the old proposed new stadium site that was beset with “drainage issues” will be now used for houses? If so, how does it stop a stadium built on it but not a load of houses? i hold the same mentality as I have for the last 10 years. I’ll only believe it when we’re stood there watching a meeting. Plans are here: http://pa1.swindon.gov.uk/publicaccess/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=P23E0APTKAM00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy swindon pete Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 48 minutes ago, MattK said: Plans are here: http://pa1.swindon.gov.uk/publicaccess/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=P23E0APTKAM00 Cheers, Matt. The link you previously sent didn’t open for me for some reason. As I thought. Looks like houses planned to go in the car park pond, then. Hope any prospective residents have a few pairs of wellies with them. Unless Osbourne suddenly, miraculously finds a solution to the “drainage issues”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket007 Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 How is the Stadium rebuild being funded. I thought originally that the sale of the old Stadium to the House builders, would pay for the new Stadium, but now it's not being demolished for Housing, who is paying for it? Also, the comment of "We hope to get some of the work done" should surely say "We look forward to getting ALL the work done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 14 minutes ago, rocket007 said: How is the Stadium rebuild being funded. I thought originally that the sale of the old Stadium to the House builders, would pay for the new Stadium, but now it's not being demolished for Housing, who is paying for it? Also, the comment of "We hope to get some of the work done" should surely say "We look forward to getting ALL the work done. The land owner and house developer, the same was going to pay for the original new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Work may start in May..may may may. Only 700 seats now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, auntie doris said: Work may start in May..may may may. Only 700 seats now And 480 parking spaces, so they still expect fans to get the bus or park elsewhere. That number will be difficult for a meeting against Poole or Somerset when we should get big opposition numbers or a play off final etc. May ? will they have planning permission by then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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