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Falmer another delay!!!
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cjd
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This is all fascinatingly exciting isn,t it...!!
Surely, no-one really thought that we would quietly amble along to Monday morning, with a calm announcement of a YES...?
Lots more worries and false alarms in the pipeline yet I fear...
Surely, no-one really thought that we would quietly amble along to Monday morning, with a calm announcement of a YES...?
Lots more worries and false alarms in the pipeline yet I fear...
aftershavedave
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i've still got the earlier story open on my browser. here it is (note the time)
Albion decision still on track
By Rachel Wareing
Artist's impression of the Albion stadium
Artist's impression of the Albion stadium
Fears that a decision on the Falmer football stadium could be delayed because of Gordon Brown's Cabinet reshuffle have been quashed.
A spokesman for the new Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears, said the deadline for a decision was still Monday.
It had been expected Ruth Kelly, the previous minister, would make the decision but her replacement in last Thursday's reshuffle raised concerns over whether her successor would be able to consider the matter before the long-awaited date.
The terrorist alerts over the past few days added further doubt as to whether Ms Blears would have time to consider the facts before deciding whether to grant planning permission for the new Brighton and Hove Albion ground.
Plans had to be reviewed after permission granted by John Prescott in October 2005 was overturned amid opposition from Lewes District Council, as well as some residents, the parish council and conservation groups.
Paul Samrah, chairman of the Falmer For All Campaign, said he was confident the department would work hard to meet the deadline, given the huge level of interest from fans and the media.
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He said there were no official plans for any events to mark the decision because even if the result is positive, objectors still have six weeks to mount a judicial review.
He said: "We'd have to wait for that six-week period to expire but I'm sure at that point there will be some sort of celebration. We'll just have to wait and see for now."
A spokesman for the Seagulls declined to comment but said there were no plans for any last-minute lobbying.
Earlier this year fans handed 5,000 signed postcards to the Government after ten years of campaigning for a new stadium. The club has been without a stadium since the Goldstone Ground was closed in 1997 and sold off.
For the latest news on Falmer, keep visiting this website.
8:52am today
Albion decision still on track
By Rachel Wareing
Artist's impression of the Albion stadium
Artist's impression of the Albion stadium
Fears that a decision on the Falmer football stadium could be delayed because of Gordon Brown's Cabinet reshuffle have been quashed.
A spokesman for the new Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears, said the deadline for a decision was still Monday.
It had been expected Ruth Kelly, the previous minister, would make the decision but her replacement in last Thursday's reshuffle raised concerns over whether her successor would be able to consider the matter before the long-awaited date.
The terrorist alerts over the past few days added further doubt as to whether Ms Blears would have time to consider the facts before deciding whether to grant planning permission for the new Brighton and Hove Albion ground.
Plans had to be reviewed after permission granted by John Prescott in October 2005 was overturned amid opposition from Lewes District Council, as well as some residents, the parish council and conservation groups.
Paul Samrah, chairman of the Falmer For All Campaign, said he was confident the department would work hard to meet the deadline, given the huge level of interest from fans and the media.
advertisement
He said there were no official plans for any events to mark the decision because even if the result is positive, objectors still have six weeks to mount a judicial review.
He said: "We'd have to wait for that six-week period to expire but I'm sure at that point there will be some sort of celebration. We'll just have to wait and see for now."
A spokesman for the Seagulls declined to comment but said there were no plans for any last-minute lobbying.
Earlier this year fans handed 5,000 signed postcards to the Government after ten years of campaigning for a new stadium. The club has been without a stadium since the Goldstone Ground was closed in 1997 and sold off.
For the latest news on Falmer, keep visiting this website.
8:52am today
Scoffers
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Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
Some of us have been working.
It's gonna be a YES anyway... I can wait a little longer.
Scoffers
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Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
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That was what was in the paper this morning.
Robot Chicken
Seriously?
...plus the 6 week wait afterwards for LDC to raise an objection?
captainmorganrum
Wrexham
Publius Ovidius
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Lord Bracknell
On fire
This strikes me as VERY ENCOURAGING NEWS.
Think about it.
If Blears is being advised to say NO, there's nothing to stop her saying so immediately. The reasons would be technical ones that a Secretary of State (even a new one) could legitimately just accept as "the advice of my planning experts".
If she is being advised to say YES, she OUGHT to be asking "How is this going to look to the people who made the legal challenge last year?" She can't be seen to be rushing to a judgment that might be challenged again by people who might be minded to complain that she couldn't possibly have grasped all of the complex issues in the time that has been available to her.
I'm not worried at all. Quite the reverse.
Think about it.
If Blears is being advised to say NO, there's nothing to stop her saying so immediately. The reasons would be technical ones that a Secretary of State (even a new one) could legitimately just accept as "the advice of my planning experts".
If she is being advised to say YES, she OUGHT to be asking "How is this going to look to the people who made the legal challenge last year?" She can't be seen to be rushing to a judgment that might be challenged again by people who might be minded to complain that she couldn't possibly have grasped all of the complex issues in the time that has been available to her.
I'm not worried at all. Quite the reverse.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
I'm hoping it's just a short delay because the letters Y, E & S on La Blears' keyboard need de-clogging because she's been usng them too much.
Lawro's Lip
New member
So a bit more time means that objectors cannot claim that the person announcing the YES decision did not know what they were agreeing to.
Uncle Spielberg
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that must also mean a delay of at least 3 months though Lord
The Large One
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Publius Ovidius
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I have thought about it and you could take the opposite view.....
If she has decided NO then in the same way as she needs to make sure she checked everything assuming LDC or whoever will appeal if there is a problem, then surely she should do the same if and when we appeal!
If she says NO, will we go for a Judicial review ED?
Lady Bracknell
Handbag at Dawn
Decision now ON OR BEFORE 25 JULY.
Fact. Have just had email from H. Blears's Office.
Fact. Have just had email from H. Blears's Office.
Did anyone really expect anything different?