Browns Lane? (9 Viewers)
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Brylowes
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Maybe 22 would be enough for HR 2 and an Aldi
Nick
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Cheap bags of sweets on the way in!
Brylowes
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That's bribery
SkyBlueCharlie
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Dear Timmy, bless his little cotton socks, said we needed at least 60 acres to have the sort in infrastructure we have at the Ricoh, I'm assuming that would include car parks but not necessarily the Tesco side of the site.
shy_tall_knight
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Good shout re Browns Lane. I'm sure there is a proposed access road linking the Tamworth rd at the Royal Court to the new industrial estate at the Old Kersley pit. Not sure Allesley Village will be too happy with football fans clogging up their roads every other Saturday. Pubs are in short supply but club could maximise their revenue by providing suitable qualuity on-site bars, not a souless atrium like at the Ricoh.
Nick
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Really? Are they just going to put a road through the middle?
skybluetony176
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What was the discounted price being offered to Aston Martin out of interest?
Nick
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No idea of figures.
italiahorse
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The farm land between the old plant and the wedge road is owned by Jaguar.
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Rather see a new Jaguar factory there
Captain Dart
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Maybe you should check facts first before speculating.. these are planning applications for Browns Lane site downloaded from Coventry Planning portal..
http://www.coventry.gov.uk/download...s_and_adjoining_land_browns_lane_coventry.pdf
http://www.coventry.gov.uk/download...s_and_adjoining_land_browns_lane_coventry.pdf
You should learn how to Google stuff
PS Caveat I haven't time to read them now, but at quick glance they appear to be proposals for housing on the old Jag site.
Happy to be corrected if anyone has time to study them more closely.
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Captain Dart
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One is going to be built at Whitley between A45 & existing Engineering Centre isn't it?
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Not a manufacturing plant
Otis
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22 acres is more than enough. You can get your hotel in there and your corporate event hall and conference and function rooms and car park and some retail space.
Only thing you wouldn't have room for is a pitch and stands.
Nick
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Maybe you should check facts first before speculating.. these are planning applications for Browns Lane site downloaded from Coventry Planning portal..
http://www.coventry.gov.uk/download...s_and_adjoining_land_browns_lane_coventry.pdf
http://www.coventry.gov.uk/download...s_and_adjoining_land_browns_lane_coventry.pdf
You should learn how to Google stuff
PS Caveat I haven't time to read them now, but at quick glance they appear to be proposals for housing on the old Jag site.
Happy to be corrected if anyone has time to study them more closely.
It was hardly speculating. It was just that Aston Martin turned down 22 acres of discounted land in Coventry. I hadn't gone in as far as checking planning.
Also, wouldn't that be for the new housing that is there as well?
Where were Aston Martin planning to go then?
chiefdave
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The stadium part of the Ricoh is under 8 acres. include the Jag hall etc and its around 11.5. Add in the car park and its about 22 acres.
If there's a 22 acre site that now could be available then someone from the club should be straight on the phone.
Do we know exactly where this was going to be?
If there's a 22 acre site that now could be available then someone from the club should be straight on the phone.
Do we know exactly where this was going to be?
Nick
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I have no idea, was just going off this:
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...ing/aston-martin-snubs-coventry-base-10941286
chiefdave
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You could easily fit a stadium in up there. If you put it on the end of the industrial estate next to the Jag Club it wouldn't be right next to any houses. Improve Coundon Wedge Road for access off the A45 / Holyhead Road.
I'd certainly be making some calls and finding out who owns what and what might be available if I was SISU.
I'd certainly be making some calls and finding out who owns what and what might be available if I was SISU.
Captain Dart
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Bit of a non story that though, Aston Martin were always going to Wales, allegedly.
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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State aid? Judicial review anybody?
Captain Dart
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Don't think the Jag part is a factory might be wrong
You seem to have fallen into the trap of actually believing that the club want to build a new ground.
Nick
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Perfect bluff calling opportunity isn't it?
Skyblueweeman
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Or maybe someone from the council could pick up the phone also? Of course that won't happen though...
skybluetony176
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Sick Boy
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Sadly those who claim there will be no stadium don't realise this.
BackRoomRummermill
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Would be great to see cars built in Cov again !
Grendel
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No you are correct.
ceetee
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I think the 60: acres was to include academy and training pitches, but it's all hypothetical anyway. To go back to earlier points, you don't have to own the stadium as such, just the business that runs it. So in our case you don't need to own the Ricoh, you need to own ACL. Ie the Wasps scenario
Otis
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Yes we do. Just not in my great, great granddaughter's time.Some of you actually think this stadium is going to be built, don't you?
Brylowes
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Genuine question. Why would they do that