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Yeah it's had a sports pitch on it years and years ago, now just left to grow wild really.
I'd have thought there are stipulations on the development of the land and public/private usage. Curenttly it's open for public use (kind of) and managed by the council, that's probably stipulated by the terms of usage set when the land was donated to the city.
nowt a backhander can't do...
I believe a sign has gone up recently on this site saying it's been sold.
Its brown land because of all the shit thats on it every other Saturday and some one keeps shitting on the center spot
That house was on the market a few months back and quickly sold. That area would not be big enough anyway imo.
Not sure it would be big enough to accommodate the buildings you'd expect from that sort of facility and the number of pitches a modern training ground would be expected to have. This is based on nothing other than guesswork however.
They do yes. There are a couple of council pitches behind the school grounds but not big enough on there own for what would be required.
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Mentioned further up, its the old Castle College sports ground. There used to be football pitch, a rugby pitch and a cricket square on it. Its nowhere near big enough. You need somewhere big enough for 6-8 pitches plus all the buildings.
I too will gladly eat my pie if it turns out to be right. Maybe he has set some cash aside for this? If not one wonders how it will be paid for with the club apparently strapped for cash? Hope it won't be by selling the family assets like Ndaiye, Bogle and Jebbo. What would happen to Shirecliffe? Would the new site become the new training Ground and a new upgraded Academy which would seem to make sense.? In that event what would happen to Shirecliffe. I believe the Club own it. I don't really know the site and I am not sure if they own the 4 football pitches or just what is known as the academy? The whole site must be getting on for 10 acres. Could it be sold off for a housing development? Even if not the whole a part of it? With planning permission for residential housing it might be worth several million.
Think it was mentioned that the there would be some complications around change of use for it
Thats the old Castle Dyke pitches. My dad's Saturday team used to play on there and we used to get dragged up there. There is cold, there is freezing and there is Castle Dyke.
I’m not sure we’d be actively exploring options on land and planning if we didn’t have the cash already to at least get a facility off the ground so I wouldn’t expect the initial stage of developments to need funding from sales but obviously any later expansions might.
Think it's a sign for Blenhem Estates so it'll be a housing development.
Don't think its big enough and hasn't been used for 30 years ish.
Yes Castle Dyke pitches now owned by Birkdale school who also rebuilt the old pavilion/changing rooms.
My cricket club's pitch for home matches there in the mid 1990s. Not cold in the summer though
Ah I guess that means mi mates folks must have sold up or pegged it then!
Was meant to play cricket there (on the birkdale wicket) this summer. Unfortunately it was under about 9 inches of water. We still had to wait an hour to see if it 'cleared up a bit'...
Already been sold I think for housing development, as it has passed the non usage requirement about 18 months ago, could be wrong.
19acres if I remember rightly ,sold to sufc by forgmasters for about £500k , land value now about 15 m with planning for houses
Council own some of the land with stipulations by the M.O.D.and the rest is owned by the nhs
I think Whirlow would be ideal, most of them live locally too, so it’d be better for the players than traipsing over town.
My guess would be it’s been earmarked for housing. The council need to enable development for 20,000 new homes and this site could arguably fit a decent % of that.
the entire site of the aerodrome is owned by SCC it was sold by the government for £1 on th etce stipulation it would only be for housing but if SCC wanted to do anything else ( shopping centre, football academy) they would have to pay the market value for the land (millions)
I do get your points but as for drainage and run off from the moorlands, the HSBC ground bang next door to the one mentioned has been fine for decades and the pitches are brilliant. But I agree the land mentioned is too small.
I used to live in Dore and went to Ecgberts too. Like you, it's probably smaller than I remember it and entirely unsuitable!
a training ground is a commercial enterprise
the pitches that would be required for training ground are a bit different (underground heating etc) but i take your point.
Birkdale ‘own’ a 99 year lease on the Castle Dyke site bought for the princely premium of £249,999. The idea was according to the council at the time that they would spend a fortune upgrading the facilities (true), and the general plebs would benefit as they would get to use the lovely pitches (false). Of course what actually happened was they immediately installed loads of fencing to keep the plebs out which the council had not considered. Only after a lot of campaigning did they finally agree open up the poorest pitches for public use.
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