Great Coates site

So fosters voles is a euphemism?

Quoted from GollyGTFC

I think he moved back to Middlesbrough in about 2000 and commuted in for the rest of his spell at Town and stayed at Tony Gallimore's when he needed to stay down in Grimsby overnight.

When did the grosvenor turn into a b&b

Quoted from moosey_club

I know for sure that a local resident spray painted a couple of pigeons with a rattle can and took a grainy photo as evidence.

Really? A dodgy blurred photo was able to stop the development? The club should have made a stronger appeal.

I wonder if the Grimsby West objectors will try a similar trick.

Quoted from moosey_club

Which again was underhand b0ll0cks, I know for sure that a local resident spray painted a couple of pigeons with a rattle can and took a grainy photo as evidence.
More galling for me is the later behaviours of the Parish Council who were showed up for what they are with the long running public disputes and in fighting they had over their village hall. Absolutely pathetic that such small minded petty people had such a massive influence on what was a huge opportunity for the town/area.

I live in the village and was all for the new stadium at the time, went to two meetings to voice my support but was just shot down in flames even had dog excrement posted through my letterbox  

The village has been raped for years by housing developers, they came in built houses and fooked off with all the profit and the village gained nothing, no disrespect to the parish council but talk about being short sighted ffs couldn't make it up unless someone was getting a nice brown envelope

Back to the new ground, my idea was to work with the club not against them, gain something out of the development for the village something like a village green and kids playground, access to the clubs facilities such as meeting rooms which would have saved 650k on a giant cattle shed, access to the gym, bars etc, by working with the club and not against on match day there is only one road in Great Coates so a barrier at either end and a couple of stewards only letting villagers with residents parking passes would have solved the parking concerns

Honestly it was easy, no need for all the hurdles so no wonder Sutton Estates saw their bottom and booted them out the reading rooms  

Oh and i enjoy wildlife photography, walk round the fields between Gt Coates and Healing all the time, never seen a golden plover  

Do see them on the bank nr Novartis ........ just saying

Quoted from Simon

Oh and i enjoy wildlife photography, walk round the fields between Gt Coates and Healing all the time, never seen a golden plover  

Do see them on the bank nr Novartis ........ just saying

You can blame Natural England for the Golden Plover situation. But to be fair the proposed site wasn't that far from Novartis and that is a very short notice distance for birds that are used to migrating 100's of miles. Sutton Estates never actually agreed to sell the land so it was all a non-starter anyway, except in JF's mind.

From what I remember, there was an agreement in place to sell or rent the land, but it was dependent on getting planning permission first. You don't buy the land first before you get planning permission.

Quoted from mimma

From what I remember, there was an agreement in place to sell or rent the land, but it was dependent on getting planning permission first. You don't buy the land first before you get planning permission.

From all the documentation that I have seen in the public domain, concerning that parcel of land, Sutton Estates never committed themselves either way. They merely said that it would be looked into and considered. There was never an agreement verbally or in writing.

The club would have had some sort of agreement, after all, you don't just announce that you intend to build on land owned by someone else unless they are in agreement with the proposal in the first place. Remember, Sutton Estates did not contest the stadium complex.

Quoted from mimma

The club would have had some sort of agreement, after all, you don't just announce that you intend to build on land owned by someone else unless they are in agreement with the proposal in the first place. Remember, Sutton Estates did not contest the stadium complex.

You would think so. Maybe the first time it was taken to the council in what 2000/2001. But later it was under Fenty’s control, and we know what an incompetent track record he had with the club. Apart from successfully making a personal profit out of it I mean.