Woodlands (8 Viewers)

[fernandopartridge]

How can you make a modern version of Highfield Road? What would you be expecting?

Not a soulless value engineered bowl like the Ricoh would be a start.

 

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[Harryshipman1998]

Seems like it was Finham School for the academy that I was remembering .....

https://www-coventrytelegraph-net.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/coventry-city-confirm-talks-underway-12778206.amp?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE=#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/coventry-city-confirm-talks-underway-12778206

Stuff from Skybluestalk just seems like speculation

WOODLANDS!

Correction found this since .....

https://www-coventrytelegraph-net.c...entry-city-consider-woodlands-school-12298619


Can't find anything else about Woodlands.

 

[Liquid Gold]

...suspect a SISU PR stunt to hustle Wasps into agreeing to a rent deal.

Who cares if it is?

 

[Captain Dart]

Also Dean has tweeted the site boundary.

 

[pusbccfc]

Fits in with the new housing and community developments nearby.

Would need to be a community based ground with facilities which would benefit local residents.

15/20 min walk to the station would be handy, especially with services from Birmingham and London for away fans.

Will never, ever happen though.

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

Also Dean has tweeted the site boundary.

Half of that is Tile hill wood nature reserve.

 

[chiefdave]

Everyone should be behind this.

If you don't believe SISU will build a stadium then pressure on the council to move it forward and calls SISU's bluff.

If you do believe SISU will build a stadium then pressure on the council to move it forward and get it built as quickly as possible.

Absolutely no reason the council can't agree the same terms here they have with Wasps for Car Park C at the Ricoh. They've been given a license guaranteeing a right to buy a lease. That gives them until the license expires to get planning permission approved without having to actually buy the land. Do the same here, give SISU 12 months to put up or shut up.

 

[Captain Dart]

Half of that is Tile hill wood nature reserve.

Maybe it is the land owned by CCC rather than the land under discussion.

I wonder what the local plan designates those areas as?

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Not a soulless value engineered bowl like the Ricoh would be a start.

I agree. Can't quite imagine SISU having a feel for supporters' needs, mind you!

 

[Otis]

How old is that zebra ?

No idea, but I wouldn't cross him if I was you.

 

[Otis]

I agree. Can't quite imagine SISU having a feel for supporters' needs, mind you!

Yup. If they are looking at concerts etc, it's quite likely to be another 'soulless bowl.'

I still don't believe for a second that Sisu would built it though anyway.

 

[chiefdave]

The highways agency wouldn’t allow it full stop and it would never get planning permission

On what specific points would it be blocked by the Highways agency and fall foul of planning regulations?

People talk like every other ground is next to a motorway with parking for 50K cars. There's plenty of grounds, and venues for other events with huge numbers of spectators, that are in locations with similar issues. They all cope somehow.

 

[covcity4life]

Ahhh right next to bannerbook

Fine by me. Even if a no go at least puts pressure on council

 

[RoboCCFC90]

I did suggest this would be a good site on Friday on a seperate thread, the only problem I can foresee is that some blocks are listed buildings.

Woodlands Academy is a site that stands out from that list.

If SQM in the columns relates to Square Metre, then given the size per SQM only a handful of sites are realisitc. As a comparison the Ericsson Exhibition hall inside the Ricoh is 6,000sqm, which Woodlands exceeds.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

If we all agreed a date, turned up with shovels and started digging - we could claim squatters rights.
In all seriousness though, it would be great for a suitable venue to be found.

 

[Grendel]

Half of that is Tile hill wood nature reserve.

So what - the council and Solihull council are allowing the destruction of a massive green belt area to accommodate 10,000 houses and a shopping precinct which everyone locally objects to

 

[clint van damme]

I did suggest this would be a good site on Friday on a seperate thread, the only problem I can foresee is that some blocks are listed buildings.

Some of Woodlands school is listed? Never knew that

 

[Captain Dart]

So what - the council and Solihull council are allowing the destruction of a massive green belt area to accommodate 10,000 houses and a shopping precinct which everyone locally objects to

Which is disgusting. Directive from central govt and local govt complicit. Can't trust any politicians ever.

 

[Esoterica]

Not a good move for me personally - it's another 7 or 8km further away from me taking the journey up to 1663km.

 

[no_loyalty]

Anybody know when the Sandra G stadium committee will be resurrected?

 

[Gazolba]

Even if it materialises, it won't be ready for next season or probably the season after either, so we would still need a place to play in the interim.
One thing you can guarantee, these things take a lot longer and cost a lot more than expected.

 

[BornSlippySkyBlue]

Some of Woodlands school is listed? Never knew that

As an ex pupil — this surprises me. It is 50’s concrete and was falling down when I was there 30 years ago.

From memory there would be plenty of space for a stadium without demolishing all of the old buildings. I’m basing this on old memories of what it was like back then, so it may have changed in the meantime.

 

[Houchens Head]

Bugger! Sold my house in Tile Hill years ago! Wish I'd known! I might've been able to walk along to the City ground!

 

[ccfcway]

On what specific points would it be blocked by the Highways agency and fall foul of planning regulations?

People talk like every other ground is next to a motorway with parking for 50K cars. There's plenty of grounds, and venues for other events with huge numbers of spectators, that are in locations with similar issues. They all cope somehow.

Curious, could you name any that have been recently built in such a built up residential area as this ?. Access would be shocking

 

[ccfcway]

Bugger! Sold my house years ago! Wish I'd known! I might've been able to walk along to the City ground!

Was your house in Nottingham

 

[Liquid Gold]

The listed buildings could be turned into bar and restaurants or just pop ups on game day.

 

[clint van damme]

Curious, could you name any that have been recently built in such a built up residential area as this ?. Access would be shocking

Etihad

 

[fernandopartridge]

On what specific points would it be blocked by the Highways agency and fall foul of planning regulations?

People talk like every other ground is next to a motorway with parking for 50K cars. There's plenty of grounds, and venues for other events with huge numbers of spectators, that are in locations with similar issues. They all cope somehow.

The highways agency are not a planning authority

 

[ccfcway]

Went to school there. Was in mclauglan. Me Hogarth was the head then

 

[ccfcway]

Etihad

That site is huge and has way more access roads ?. Might be wrong but it certainly feels like that

 

[BornSlippySkyBlue]

Went to school there. Was in mclauglan. Me Hogarth was the head then

I was in brook. Were you there when Thompson was head? He liked to use his big stick if you were a naughty boy.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Curious, could you name any that have been recently built in such a built up residential area as this ?. Access would be shocking

Shrewsbury Town
Chesterfield

 

[fernandopartridge]

That site is huge and has way more access roads ?. Might be wrong but it certainly feels like that

It only has 2k parking spaces mind

 

[ccfcway]

Shrewsbury Town
Chesterfield

And sadly perhaps your right. I’m thinking of the potential 20k a game, but it’s more likely to be similar attendances to those two

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Not a good move for me personally - it's another 7 or 8km further away from me taking the journey up to 1663km.

It's a quick jump down the A45 from Birmingham Airport though.

There and back in a day?