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The council will be the biggest Winner.

160 odd houses will bring in a quater of a million a year in council tax. Add the business rates generated, over a million quid a year to the council coffers.

What's not to like?

Quoted from Civvy at last

I'm just getting my shovel from the Garden shed, just in case they ask for volunteers  

Don't tell me you're joining the allotment brigade Civvy  ..

Quoted from Grimal

Don't tell me you're joining the allotment brigade Civvy  ..

Back in the day we used to mobilise hundreds of fans to clear snow off the pitch. Imagine that lot let loose on Peaks Parkway. We'd be in for 2018/19.....

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Let's hope it does, I bet realist is a happy bunny today.

Not really bothered at the moment. They have granted the option to buy the land if everything else falls in place. I believe Great Coates crossed this bridge. It is just the start of a marathon.

True mate been here before still a hell of a way to go. Natural England might have the final say again like last time.

Once the JCB'S get on site only then will I believe it.

I am still peed off I did not get a Conoco hat they had run out by the time I got in the ground,

So I will get there early if Extreme are handing them out  

Quoted from mimma

The council will be the biggest Winner.

160 odd houses will bring in a quater of a million a year in council tax. Add the business rates generated, over a million quid a year to the council coffers.

What's not to like?

The Council doesn't a profit on Council Tax. With those extra houses comes extra services and Council Tax doesn't cover the cost of local government services so from a direct cost/revenue point of view, the Council would be down on the deal.

[that's not to say economic re-generation isn't a good thing, just a pointer to get excited about the right things   ]

Quoted from mimma

Let's not get carried away just yet.

This is for outline planning permission,  which means we get to draw up plans of what exactly we are proposing.  Then these plans will go before the planning committee for final planning permission to build.

At least we will now get to see what it will look like.

I'm not even sure it's as far forward as that in the process. The NELC announcement just says it's a decision to grant the Club and developers an option to buy the land.

https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/cabinet-votes-community-stadium-next-step/

This bit looks new:

"the developers have told us they’re very keen to help us develop our brownfield sites across the borough for housing as part of the enabling development for this project."

What could they mean by this? That the total development on PP will not be sufficient to support the stadium and that other development on other sites will be needed? Specifically what? Or was this just a bit of sweet talk to get the council on board by vaguely promising development elsewhere.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

The Council doesn't a profit on Council Tax. With those extra houses comes extra services and Council Tax doesn't cover the cost of local government services so from a direct cost/revenue point of view, the Council would be down on the deal.

[that's not to say economic re-generation isn't a good thing, just a pointer to get excited about the right things   ]

While what you say is true, providing services becomes cheaper per household as the number of household increases especially if the houses are fairly central which they will be at PP.

Quoted from Bawmariner

While what you say is true, providing services becomes cheaper per household as the number of household increases especially if the houses are fairly central which they will be at PP.

I wouldn't have thought 160 houses would deliver benefits of scale, wherever they are.