Jim Little's dream

[TalkTalk]

What ever happened to the New Swindon Company's Urban Regen Strategy? That had proposed:

"Opportunity for around 12,000 sq m of sports and leisure facilities to serve the residents and businesses in North Star and the town centre"

in the Campus area around North Star.

http://www.newswindon.co.uk/regenerationAreas/p/theCampus/key-components/

That's a replacement for the Oasis. The current site is going under housing.

[red macca]

Ok to make it simple where CAN we build a stadium alan

[herthab]

Ok to make it simple where CAN we build a stadium alan

What about the land over the other side of Junction 15 on the Marlborough Road?

Loads of empty fields........

[TalkTalk]

Ok to make it simple where CAN we build a stadium alan

I've looked at the Local Plan hard and long in the past Macca.

There isn't anywhere in Swindon I can see apart from a CG redevelopment - by far the easiest option.

Apart from that it could be east of the A419. That could be pre-emptive of what else is due to be built there in the next few years.

[Panda Paws]

I would've thought that it is a reference to St Mowden?

You're right. It was actually the answer to the question whether St Modwen would be involved at all, nothing to do with the council or anyone else.

[Barry Scott]

as i raised it i'll explain why. it was the first thing that came to my mind when readign this thread so i typed it.nothing more,nothing less.
if an alternative location is being mentioned in the press ect then j17 going to come up in forum debate isn't it?

Arriba, it wasn't direected at you, i like most of your comments (since you've cheered up anyway)!

I was trying to make the point that someone was going to bring it up, then right on cue, others would dive in and start to get a bit heated and ott about something that Little made very clear was not going to happen.

He as good as said St Modwen are not in his thoughts and they'll have no say. The only way they will be the developers is if they are the best. He also made it clear it would be in Swindon. Although i also suspect, as these weren't his words, verbatim, people on here will actually realise he wants to move the club to a smaller town outside the borough with less support...

To me the whole Junction 17 thing is complete and utter bollocks and will never happen, despite how people try to skew the idea. It makes zero business sense. Non. Nada. It'd be fucking brainless. Oh yeah, our board are/were.

Actually, i change my mind, if Swindon grows so large in the years to come that it swallows Chippenham, then i could see it possibly happening.

[kevjoycreed]

Ok to make it simple where CAN we build a stadium alan

I've looked at the Local Plan hard and long in the past Macca.

There isn't anywhere in Swindon I can see apart from a CG redevelopment - by far the easiest option.

Apart from that it could be east of the A419. That could be pre-emptive of what else is due to be built there in the next few years.

Am I right?
I seem to remember a statement a long time ago that went something along the lines of "with the right amount of support and someone on the council acctually wanting a stadium to be built, the local plan could well be altered in order to accomodate it" Basicly, where there's a will (and a few quid on a backhander!!) there's a way.

[normy]

Interesting comments, which show that there is no obvious place in Swindon to develop. I am emotionally attached to the CG and the ritual of walking. However, easy close access might be acceptable to us in the OAP community  :old:
Remember that Americans think nothing of driving for two hours for a dinner date.  

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Well if the land is currently believed to be cheap then it must be somewhere with no real plans set in stone for any development. Maybe between Hook and West Swindon? There is loads of land there.

[TalkTalk]

Am I right?

I seem to remember a statement a long time ago that went something along the lines of "with the right amount of support and someone on the council acctually wanting a stadium to be built, the local plan could well be altered in order to accomodate it" Basicly, where there's a will (and a few quid on a backhander!!) there's a way.

It is possible that the council can alter the Local Plan.

They did so for the Coate University proposals without consulting the residents or asking anybody. However, Mike Bawden was ru(i)nning the show then (cunt).

I can't see Rod Bluh taking backhanders but if it was for the greater good of Swindon and he felt it was acceptable to everybody involved (club/residents/transport dept./land owners/South West Regional Spatial Strategy aka SW Regional Assembly) then it might just be possible.

[TalkTalk]

Well if the land is currently believed to be cheap then it must be somewhere with no real plans set in stone for any development. Maybe between Hook and West Swindon? There is loads of land there.

It ain't gonna happen anywhere that has buffer zone designation or Natural Environment status, Rich. Never.

Again, the only (green field) prospect that I can see is an area that is slated for future development from a strategic perspective. The Front Garden is already planned and bought, which only leaves east of the A419at the moment. Of course there are brownfield sites becoming available within the urban area but I don't think any are big enough for this.

When is the next Thorne gig by the way? I've been meaning to ask you...

[Bushey Boy]

Some suggestions.....

1. Next to the blundston by pass
2. Between Liden and Wanborough (hard to see)
3. The 60 achres (sp) between j16 and Wootton Bassett
4. Anywhere past Abbey Meads
5. The complete front garden or beyong

We are a town surrounded by countryside, how about instead of us all guessing we let the experts find it design it then as customers let us know

[herthab]

Some suggestions.....

1. Next to the blundston by pass
2. Between Liden and Wanborough (hard to see)
3. The 60 achres (sp) between j16 and Wootton Bassett
4. Anywhere past Abbey Meads
5. The complete front garden or beyong

We are a town surrounded by countryside, how about instead of us all guessing we let the experts find it design it then as customers let us know

Can't we bitch about it.

Between them finding it and desisigning it?

And then between designing it and letting us know?

And of course after they've let us know?

I'm surprised you left out the bitching Bushy. It's the most important part

[Bushey Boy]

Schoolboy error, you can all bitch its what your good at.

[pumbaa]

Interesting comments, which show that there is no obvious place in Swindon to develop. I am emotionally attached to the CG and the ritual of walking. However, easy close access might be acceptable to us in the OAP community  :old:
Remember that Americans think nothing of driving for two hours for a dinner date.  

Note to Jim Little - whack in a Bonefish franchise as part of your strategic plan and you're sorted. Add in a Penn Station and a Maggiano's and you'll be rocking. He'll know what I'm on about even if the rest of you don't...