Sorry if i have missed any announcements but do we have a timescale for the planning meeting or not? The last thing i heard was it should have been in December but thats history now. Its the not knowing that boils my P**s CTID

There’s a meeting in February if we’re on the agenda,failing that March. Apparently we’ve had consultation meetings with the EA who wanted a few tweaks to be satisfied,I understand these have been made and would hope they will lift their objection prior to any planning meeting.

Mark grattan said in the latest podcast that hopefully February and then we can make hay with an announcement at the wigan match.

Thanks all curiosity sated for a few weeks fingers crossed CTID

Just been told we are on the planning meeting on Feb 15th fingers crossed

pirate great news. A rubber stamping as its been in since 2022 and all the points raised have been dealt with Gonna be a great day.

great news, lets hope we finally get the green light

GOOD NEWS ALERT!!!! After reviewing the re-submitted flood risk assessment he EA has officially removed it’s objections! Providing we come up with suitable emergency planning and evacuation procedures (which is standard stuff we’d have to do to get a saefty certificate) then we are good to go to commitee! Whether that is next month or in March remains to be seen but this is one major hurdle out of the way!

yes great news & lest hope all the other stuff we might need is sorted so that building work can start

Great that the EA have lifted their objection,now it only remains for the planning committee to do their bit and we can start moving forward.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02869ERKWionfCPs2c5pKD9jaAaXyWfhq6LSKDt7mEyBu26B5hGhGuoiEdKrtuEP4Rl&id=100083212336766 The planning has been in since 2022 and it’s taken this long for all interested parties to be satisfied. There is now no official reason not to rubber stamp it. All interested parties have had their say, there are no endangered newts or wildlufe, and the only thing left is a vote and there would have to be pre known issues to prevent its passing. Not just auntie Joanne being prevented from seeing the Wakefield newcold building from their loft window. The next stop will be the stadium being passed and the Axiom part being passed pending the monies being transferred over to the stadium build account. For the naysayers, I still don’t know why the Axiom people would put this much in and jump every hurdle to then pull out. I think this is it, really is this time. However, we may end up being the only sporting club that will have to have a dedicated RNLI boat and crew standing by 24 hours a day should we get flooded.

planning

pirate

as long as we dont emply the electrical contractors wakey used 🤣

RaoulDuke

The updated plans are on the portal now showing what each room does. I’m more than impressed.

Extra boxes, lots of changing rooms and the medical stuff. Players areas and staff offices.

Is going to be fantastic.

yorky

RaoulDuke
yes i had a look at many of teh documents & they seem to have covered every need & facility in depth & if it comes off it will be a very good stadium.

RaoulDuke

Yes it will. When you out it side to side with the wakey development, we’ve certainly got the better deal. It just needs to come off.

yorky

RaoulDuke
the only thing I’m a tad disappointed with is that it is still in many people’s eyes a “small pitch” & i get sick of hearing people going on about it.

FlatCapper

yorky I’m with you on this but what annoys me more is that I see some other SL pitches that have also had the lines adjusted to, presumably, accommodate a shorter pitch. Hull’s being the most notable.

RaoulDuke

Yes other clubs do it and nothing is said. Our ground is within permitted rules. It works be nice but I didnt think we could fit it in and certainly not within our financial scope.

And you know what, I don’t understand why we aren’t the king of 40/20s. Or why other clubs can’t do it more often.

But it is what it is, the same playing field for both teams.

Hepworth

Yup,Sky as ever will be trotting out the usual “short pitch” rubbish, almost guaranteed it gets a mention in the first ten minutes. There would be some scope to gain a few extra yards by pushing back the railway end but the additional capacity that would give us would no doubt be outweighed by the additional costs. The plans as is look great if they come to fruition, and fingers crossed I’ll be around long enough to enjoy them, but I definitely feel more optimistic than I did at the end of last season.

RaoulDuke

Hepworth the only person that ever mentions it is ratboy Tompkins and unfortunately he’s now a commentator for sky.

Maturecasfan

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/castleford-tigers-seemingly-make-huge-decision-on-stadium-ahead-of-redevelopment-87768/?fbclid=IwAR1gcy7UjLOlx90gRxvZVQ5Y6cL5HIcwVioKh0HqKtJt7iUaYthqPXq3YNo

Not sure what it means.
I’m sure someone understands it.

yorky

Maturecasfan me neither, i hope someone on here can throw some light on it?

TheSheriff

Jepson now owns the stadium/land.

I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s fronting the cash to do the build ASAP then the eventual money from Axiom be owed to him.

Maturecasfan

TheSheriff

So jepson owns the ground/land.
Fulton still owns the club.
Is that how it works.

Hepworth

Maturecasfan It would look like he owns the land and stadium but the club have security of tenure. That aside their could be many permutations, none of which we’re privy to, though as a private limited company with shareholders Companies House have to be notified of any material changes in share holding or ownership. As this hasn’t happened I’d assume the ownership of Castleford Tigers PLC hasn’t changed,and if it does it will very quickly be put into the public domain. Having said all that it would appear Mr Jepsons involvement and influence is ever growing.

TheFirm

Maturecasfan Jepson doesn’t ‘own the land’, the club does. He does now though has a charge on the ground for money he has lent us. The Fultons have also registered a new charge on the land on the same day. Whether this is new money Jepson has lent us or the original investment was in fact a loan we don’t know. Either way 3 parties theoretically now have a call on the land if we don’t repay.

RaoulDuke

Hepworth in the IMG farce, you have to own your ground or have a certain portion owned to get the points.

If Mr jepson wasn’t a director then we would be renting and no points. So all good in that sense.

yorky

TheFirm
so is this action putting the club further in debt?

TheFirm

yorky Impossible to know from what is in the public domain. Could be, although the land is only worth so much and it was already well ‘mortgaged’ to the Fultons anyway. Or it could just be a restructuring of the debt. If for example Jepson has loaned extra money (say for the ‘stop gap’ IMG ground works ) and to allow this the Fultons have lessened their charge on the land (written off part of the debt if you like) then the overall debt will be the same, just owed to more people.

pirate

Anyone got a link to the planning portal, i cant find it on WMDC website and the public access button is a dead link

RaoulDuke

pirate 22/02474/FUL | Full planning application for the redevelopment of existing stadium comprising demolition of existing main (east) stand and replacement with new all-seater stand with associated corporate hospitality and entertainment facilities along with new gym, club management facilities and offices, refurbished high ball skills and wrestling facility, provision of fan zone, installation of 4G training pitch with floodlighting, resurfacing of car park and circulation areas, selected refurbishment of Railway End (south stand) and refurbishment of Princess Street (west) and Wheldon Road (north) stands including replacement cladding and associated infrastructure, drainage, landscaping and engineering works. | Castleford Rugby League Football Club Wheldon Road Castleford WF10 2SD
https://planning.wakefield.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=RM9SJDQQH0X00&activeTab=summary

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