Gilliver's Travels
Peripatetic
It seems like Rip van Winkle has just woken up in Woodingdean...
Why was the Goldstone ground sold by the club?
At a time when Brighton and Hove Albion's planning application for a football stadium at Falmer is likely to be in the news again, please could someone enlighten me as to why the Seagulls sold their perfectly adequate stadium at the Goldstone ground, which was located in the heart of the city?
How much did the club receive for the ground and how much has it spent on trying to force through the environmentally disastrous application for Falmer?
If it had known how long its plans would take to come to fruition and how expensive the process would be, would it have kept the old ground?
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I appreciate it is easy to look upon matters with hindsight but the expense and the controversy which selling its ground and trying to relocate to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty have caused makes me wonder whether the club wishes it had remained where it was.
It would be interesting to know the cost of the two planning inspectors' reports and the total cost of the inquiry.
I wonder how much of my council tax has been spent dealing with this outrageous planning application for a stadium close to a beautiful local area.
I strongly object to any of my money being spent in this way and I applaud Lewes District Council and Norman Baker MP for their stand against the proposed stadium.
Please could we have some facts and figures and a reply as to why the club moved and whether it wishes it had not done so.
H Mason, Rosebery Avenue, Woodingdean
Why was the Goldstone ground sold by the club?
At a time when Brighton and Hove Albion's planning application for a football stadium at Falmer is likely to be in the news again, please could someone enlighten me as to why the Seagulls sold their perfectly adequate stadium at the Goldstone ground, which was located in the heart of the city?
How much did the club receive for the ground and how much has it spent on trying to force through the environmentally disastrous application for Falmer?
If it had known how long its plans would take to come to fruition and how expensive the process would be, would it have kept the old ground?
continued...
I appreciate it is easy to look upon matters with hindsight but the expense and the controversy which selling its ground and trying to relocate to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty have caused makes me wonder whether the club wishes it had remained where it was.
It would be interesting to know the cost of the two planning inspectors' reports and the total cost of the inquiry.
I wonder how much of my council tax has been spent dealing with this outrageous planning application for a stadium close to a beautiful local area.
I strongly object to any of my money being spent in this way and I applaud Lewes District Council and Norman Baker MP for their stand against the proposed stadium.
Please could we have some facts and figures and a reply as to why the club moved and whether it wishes it had not done so.
H Mason, Rosebery Avenue, Woodingdean