34064 Fighter Command said:There is a simple reason why Pende wasn't considered as a site :
because Dick Knight made a promise to the fans that he would not take the club out of Brighton & Hove.
Pende is NOT in Brighton or Hove, it's in Lancing.
The club is called Brighton & Hove Albion, therefore the only acceptable sites for a ground are to be situated within either Brighton, or Hove. All the sites looked at by the club, & the council, had this basic premise.
Perseus says this is a ' political ' reason. No, it's got nothing to do with politics, it's about making sure the club remains within the community which it forms part of, Brighton, & Hove, not become part of some ' out of town ' sports / recreational development.
Falmer PC have argued that Football is an ' urban ' sport ( clearly this is complete nonsense when you consider that just about every village in the country has a football club of some size or description ), but by their own reasoning, Pende, which is pretty much a rural area forming the green gap between Shoreham & Lancing, fails for exactly the same reasons as Falmer, i.e. the destruction of the ' green belt ' gap between two communities.
If Pende was such a wonderful site, why has there been no development yet on the site ?
Because it lies on a FLOOD PLAIN. Any development on flood plains will have a negative impact - ask Shrewsbury Town what it's like having Gay Meadow flooded by the River Severn ( which happens on a regular basis ) ? It's why Shoreham Airport has never seen ( nor is ever likely to see ) the kind of development at other regional airports.
Easy 10 said:If the NIMBYS stand up and say "Pende", then the Albions lawyer can just stand up and say "no rail link", and thats the end of that thankyouverymuch.
34064 Fighter Command said:Because it lies on a FLOOD PLAIN. Any development on flood plains will have a negative impact - ask Shrewsbury Town what it's like having Gay Meadow flooded by the River Severn ( which happens on a regular basis ) ? It's why Shoreham Airport has never seen ( nor is ever likely to see ) the kind of development at other regional airports.
Zeitgeist said:Some years ago during the Gillingham years, myself and two others had an in depth converstaion with Barry Lloyd at Woodside Road. He mentioned the regime of his times plans for the development of Beeding cement works and how things were getting to an advanced stage until Archer sabataged the plans. He also mentioned that the so called "Pende" sight had been looked at. He said EXACTLY the same thing: That this site (or should it be sight?) was prone to flooding and was therefore a non starter.
I have a mental image of Percy with his mop and bucket frantically trying to dry out the pitch at pende!
34064 Fighter Command said:Check out the Environment Agency's own recently launched flood map website for Shoreham Airport :
http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/mapController
The Large One said:The man is completely f***ing mad.
FFS, mods, ban him.
BensGrandad said:If all else fails and you do not have an arguement insult writer personally.