Steve Shovlar Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Brandon stadium has just been brought up in PMQ’s! The local MP asked Sunak if he backed the planning decision to turn it down was good. Sunak replied that it was and hoped to see stocks and speedway return to Brandon Stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Brandon stadium has just been brought up in PMQ’s! The local MP asked Sunak if he backed the planning decision to turn it down was good. Sunak replied that it was and hoped to see stocks and speedway return to Brandon Stadium. I nearly choked on my dinner......... excellent stuff. Edited January 31 by eric i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 7 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Brandon stadium has just been brought up in PMQ’s! The local MP asked Sunak if he backed the planning decision to turn it down was good. Sunak replied that it was and hoped to see stocks and speedway return to Brandon Stadium. Just heard that, good news hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4poster Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Thank you Oliver Holt on the excellent article in the Daily Mail. Now as a thought, would't it be nice if he followed this up with an article about the going ons at Swindon? Perhaps the new proposed development at Torquay United and out-of-twon stadium by the same owners? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toady Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, a4poster said: Thank you Oliver Holt on the excellent article in the Daily Mail. Now as a thought, would't it be nice if he followed this up with an article about the going ons at Swindon? Perhaps the new proposed development at Torquay United and out-of-twon stadium by the same owners? I think if there had been a campaign like at Oxford and Coventry then the Swindon story may have been told but sadly no such campaign ever surfaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepturningleft Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Outstanding article from Oliver Holt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks6991 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Think that a few thank you emails to Oliver Holt wouldn’t go amiss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 5 hours ago, a4poster said: Thank you Oliver Holt on the excellent article in the Daily Mail. Now as a thought, would't it be nice if he followed this up with an article about the going ons at Swindon? Perhaps the new proposed development at Torquay United and out-of-twon stadium by the same owners? No harm in dropping him a line and asking him to investigate the goings on at Swindon. Oliver.Holt@dailymail.co.uk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Anybody who missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 10 hours ago, eric i said: Anybody who missed it. That was a huge surprise yesterday, hopefully, instead of building lots of little brick walls on the site, Brandon Estates have just run into a massive one themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najjer Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Out of interest, do we know how much Brandon Estates paid for the land purchase many years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booey boy Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 2 hours ago, Najjer said: Out of interest, do we know how much Brandon Estates paid for the land purchase many years ago? Around 2.5 million 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 (edited) Query re Brandon Stadium, just a thought: what condition is the back straight stand in ? There's been lots of talk on needing to rebuild or at least refurbish the main, home straight stand, but don't recall the back straight stand being mentioned. I mean if Coventry are able to resume at Brandon, I wonderded whether the back straight stand could be used, temporarily moving the startline to the other side. Obv still long way to go but it's looking more positive, like I said was just a thought.... Edited March 1 by martinmauger spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naffer Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 The campaign group have used the term "coats for goalposts" in their vision for getting speedway back again . on a YouTube clip after the recent enquiry victory Jeff Davies stated that the back straight stand would be refurbished along the back straight terracing giving a 3,000 capacity. A structural survey would be undertaken on the main grandstand to ascertain what's to be done with that . Fingers crossed it happens yes I know for the doom and gloom merchants we don't own it they can land bank it etc Up the bees 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Ok thanks, interesting stuff, fingers still crossed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toady Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 Does anyone know if Be have appealed the decision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 On 3/1/2024 at 3:48 PM, naffer said: The campaign group have used the term "coats for goalposts" in their vision for getting speedway back again . on a YouTube clip after the recent enquiry victory Jeff Davies stated that the back straight stand would be refurbished along the back straight terracing giving a 3,000 capacity. A structural survey would be undertaken on the main grandstand to ascertain what's to be done with that . Fingers crossed it happens yes I know for the doom and gloom merchants we don't own it they can land bank it etc Up the bees Think the speedway version is: 'a track in a field with a fence around it & a few Potakabins', bit like when Scunny first started up in 2005/2006. Still, little acorns & all that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 7 minutes ago, martinmauger said: Think the speedway version is: 'a track in a field with a fence around it & a few Potakabins', bit like when Scunny first started up in 2005/2006. Still, little acorns & all that.... A decent track with somewhere to watch the racing from, and somewhere to get the basic food and drink offering... That is the starting point for me I would say... Its not like die hard fans have been used to much "opulence" over the years which could dissuade many to not attend.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 20 hours ago, Toady said: Does anyone know if Be have appealed the decision? I don't think they can, thought this was the final decision. I don't know if it applies to that specific planning application though... could they submit another one with a running track instead of a football pitch for example... or a Speedway stadium, now there's an idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen52 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 7 minutes ago, iainb said: I don't think they can, thought this was the final decision. I don't know if it applies to that specific planning application though... could they submit another one with a running track instead of a football pitch for example... or a Speedway stadium, now there's an idea! correct they cannot appeal an appeal, but as you say they can simply put in another application, the planning process is heavily in favour of developers because they can as said put in another planning application and lose, appeal lose again, then just continue the process over and over, whereas if they win the appeal that's it get on with whatever it is they want to develop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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