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2 hours ago, crazyb said:

I have missed seeing who this chap Butterfield is. What does he do and who for

Just losing this application(s) will not settle this.  If this application fails, they will have two options, they can appeal to the Secretary of State to overrule the council or they can opt to make some changes and hit the go button again, or both.  Butterfield seems to be essentially a  one-man-band who has managed some of those "health" clubs we are looking to get if he wins. with a convincing manner and not a lot else, other than a bunch of mates who want to follow him scrumping  in the property magic money tree orchard.  AEPG is a front that holds the operating company taken over from the Agricultural Society.  AEPG has only got one director and assets of £1 according to Companies House.  The operating company now only has two directors, Butterfield and a mate who is apparently the new CEO.  The rest of the people who appear on the web page of AEPG are the groups, consultants and finance people who have put this dreadful application together.  The money for the first part, while they wait for the cash flood to start once Phase One is built, comes from one of these so called partners in the form of a mortgage, thought to be somewhere around 400m -ish.

Because the planning system is normally all a forgone conclusion, the mortgage would have been quite a reasonable bet when the package was put together so if the house of cards collapses, somebody is going to be in deep dodoo for a very long time.  That said, and with that threat looming, the normal outcome is that we will see things getting very dirty.  So even if we win this time, there will be a huge incentive to return using every trick in the planning play-book and the making money play-book, so be prepared.

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14 hours ago, OldNutter said:

Just losing this application(s) will not settle this.  If this application fails, they will have two options, they can appeal to the Secretary of State to overrule the council or they can opt to make some changes and hit the go button again, or both.  Butterfield seems to be essentially a  one-man-band who has managed some of those "health" clubs we are looking to get if he wins. with a convincing manner and not a lot else, other than a bunch of mates who want to follow him scrumping  in the property magic money tree orchard.  AEPG is a front that holds the operating company taken over from the Agricultural Society.  AEPG has only got one director and assets of £1 according to Companies House.  The operating company now only has two directors, Butterfield and a mate who is apparently the new CEO.  The rest of the people who appear on the web page of AEPG are the groups, consultants and finance people who have put this dreadful application together.  The money for the first part, while they wait for the cash flood to start once Phase One is built, comes from one of these so called partners in the form of a mortgage, thought to be somewhere around 400m -ish.

Because the planning system is normally all a forgone conclusion, the mortgage would have been quite a reasonable bet when the package was put together so if the house of cards collapses, somebody is going to be in deep dodoo for a very long time.  That said, and with that threat looming, the normal outcome is that we will see things getting very dirty.  So even if we win this time, there will be a huge incentive to return using every trick in the planning play-book and the making money play-book, so be prepared.

Indeed my local councillor said that it will go through on the nod, which most such proposals no doubt do; and you can see from much of the PR that the preparatory work has gone on behind the scenes and the planning committee would be expected to just tick a box. However, they don't usually get significant objections, bad publicity and close scrutiny of process and decision making. AEPG certainly don't want that and PCC certainly don't want to justify losing Peterborough Speedway to the city for some future development that will allegedly provide a community facility of greater value, serving more of the community for more of the time (they could make a complex used 365 days of the year incorporating Peterborough Speedway and the Arena, so not viable through lack of use is a weak argument) which provides improved services and facilities for a diverse proportion of the community.

It's important to keep the pressure on and not give them all that easy ride due to apathy.

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3 hours ago, Crump99 said:

Indeed my local councillor said that it will go through on the nod, which most such proposals no doubt do; and you can see from much of the PR that the preparatory work has gone on behind the scenes and the planning committee would be expected to just tick a box. However, they don't usually get significant objections, bad publicity and close scrutiny of process and decision making. AEPG certainly don't want that and PCC certainly don't want to justify losing Peterborough Speedway to the city for some future development that will allegedly provide a community facility of greater value, serving more of the community for more of the time (they could make a complex used 365 days of the year incorporating Peterborough Speedway and the Arena, so not viable through lack of use is a weak argument) which provides improved services and facilities for a diverse proportion of the community.

It's important to keep the pressure on and not give them all that easy ride due to apathy.

All the PCC councillors should have been invited last Thursday or tonight or against Lynn whenever it's raced 

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1 minute ago, TINYS said:

What have you heard and where.

Peterborough vs Kings Lynn will be on Thursday 14th September. 
"No speedway at the showground next year" - announcement from Buster. 
Farewell meeting is on Sunday 24th September potentially. 

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Buster really does need a smack.

Mick Bratley is fighting for the club non stop on all social media platforms yet Buster isn't bothering to try at all.

Buster doesn't want us to survive and that's why he didn't accept Ged's offer. 

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