[Bankrobber]

CBC Planning brief for the development of the Saltergate site

Link

[Denny]

Good find!

Gotta say seeing the last artists impression of the centre circle full of trees is very unsettling, it just looks wrong.

[Aspire_webby]

Denny, on Sep 9 2008, 11:59 AM, said:

Good find!

Gotta say seeing the last artists impression of the centre circle full of trees is very unsettling, it just looks wrong.

That plan won't last long. The prospective residents are bound to protest. They won't want hooligan football fans coming to pay homage to the loacation centre spot at Saltergate and rioting on their front lawns.

This post has been edited by Aspire_webby: 09 September 2008 - 11:09 AM

[Sammy Spireite]

Aspire_webby, on Sep 9 2008, 12:09 PM, said:

That plan won't last long. The prospective residents are bound to protest. They won't want hooligan football fans coming to pay homage to the loacation centre spot at Saltergate and rioting on their front lawns.

Or urinating up the side of their sheds, although to be fair it wouldn't be much different to the toilets behind the kop now!

[Bankrobber]

MP-Spire, on Sep 9 2008, 09:39 PM, said:

I can't help but think that any serious investor in the Club is missing a MASSIVE opportunity here.

Renting out property? They might agree with you but hasn't the deal already been done?

[Aspireite]

MP-Spire, on Sep 25 2008, 10:10 PM, said:

I wonder if there will be something that represents the football club within the new Saltergate development?

Probably leave a few meat pies behind should last for ages

[Frank Thacker]

MP-Spire, on Sep 25 2008, 10:10 PM, said:

I wonder if there will be something that represents the football club within the new Saltergate development?

I think the outline on the Council's website includes something that looks and feels worryingly like a Garden of Remembrance for where the centre circle is/was.

[Sammy Spireite]

MP-Spire, on Sep 26 2008, 11:09 AM, said:

It's important that our history isn't forgotten on the Saltergate site. Any ideas? Is the Club bothered?

Just looked at what Arsenal have done, yuk.

If the plan (as has been mentioned on here) is to have a grassed area marking the centre circle location, how about a central area in that with the club badge in coloured bricks/stone or a paved area where people can donate items (pin badges etc) to be inlaid as has been done between Ann Summers, Woolies and HMV in town?

[dalekpete]

MP-Spire, on Sep 26 2008, 11:09 AM, said:

It's important that our history isn't forgotten on the Saltergate site. Any ideas? Is the Club bothered?

Just looked at what Arsenal have done, yuk.

There is a steering group looking at all heritage aspects. The ideas and projects will be publicised as they develop and wider participation invited. This group is working along side Alan Stevenson, CFC in the Community and the stadium architect.

Although some have considered art and landscaping at the new site, I am not sure anyone from the Club has looked at what will be left at the Rec. However as that development is by the stadium developer I am sure this can be looked at.

[Sammy Spireite]

dalekpete, on Sep 26 2008, 11:38 AM, said:

There is a steering group looking at all heritage aspects. The ideas and projects will be publicised as they develop and wider participation invited. This group is working along side Alan Stevenson, CFC in the Community and the stadium architect.

Although some have considered art and landscaping at the new site, I am not sure anyone from the Club has looked at what will be left at the Rec. However as that development is by the stadium developer I am sure this can be looked at.

Would using valuable land to have a commemorative area be beneficial to WB in slightly increasing the potential value of the developments adjacent to it or would they be better recompensed building on as much of Saltergate as possible??

Depends on how the housing market fairs over the next 2 years i suppose.

[Oh Wade Falana]

We should either rent the properties out, therefore maintaining a steady income for the club ad nauseum, or else ditch the housing plan and just make it a car park. Either way we should plan for a steady constant source of income, rather than a quick buck for someone to waste!

[Sammy Spireite]

Oh Wade Falana, on Sep 26 2008, 11:53 AM, said:

We should either rent the properties out, therefore maintaining a steady income for the club ad nauseum, or else ditch the housing plan and just make it a car park. Either way we should plan for a steady constant source of income, rather than a quick buck for someone to waste!

just one problem, when we get the keys to Whit Moor Stadium, Saltergate won't be ours any more!!

Nice idea though!

This post has been edited by Sammy Spireite: 26 September 2008 - 10:55 AM

[dalekpete]

Sammy Spireite, on Sep 26 2008, 11:43 AM, said:

Would using valuable land to have a commemorative area be beneficial to WB in slightly increasing the potential value of the developments

Oh Wade Falana, on Sep 26 2008, 11:53 AM, said:

We should either rent the properties out, therefore maintaining a steady income for the club ad nauseum

The developers for the old ground are Gleesons. The land being part payment for their building the new one.

[fishini]

Bankrobber, on Sep 8 2008, 11:57 PM, said:

CBC Planning brief for the development of the Saltergate site

Link

CBC plans for the Rec are it is to remain a football ground for the forseeable future