THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

I fitted 18 pitches with a club building and an extra building in easily smart arse. I'm sure the professionals with the right tools can add another one.



P.S. I have just been for a walk around Furzton Lake and you can fit two pitches where the circle is, making 19 full football pitches without the need of using Knowlhill.

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Disclaimer: All my comments are my opinions unless stated otherwise. I'm just a fan following my club.

Yes, you did indeed fit eighteen pitches in, you just had to spread out to Elfield Park, Bleak Hall and Knowlhill to do it!

We could still be EPPP2 compliant spread across two sites, so it’s not unfeasible that Pete puts the first team requeirements there and the junior pitches and support buildings elsewhere, but I just don’t see it happening.

Two points about that. (1) Since I haven't got the software I only crudely drew the pitches and made them a lot of them bigger than the should be, so you can probably fit more in (2) I used the available land in the area. None are in Bleak Hall and only one in Knowlhill. All I suggested that the club look at the Bowl / Furzton again and showed that the space might be there.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Ble ... -0.7530117

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Could a chav that actually attended give a summary? Reading the posts so far, it's a bally mess just like the training ground (said repeatedly).

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He's cock royalty!

Never really liked the idea of using the Bowl. Appreciate it's rarely used albeit for a car boot sale but it's easily one of our most iconic sites. Just felt it had the potential to piss even more people off.

Equally pleased the other wacky ideas for that site haven't come off, the waterworld thing and that BMX course they talked about.

A training ground on the Bowl.... Ouss Cisse walking in the footsteps of Bowie, Mercury and MJ.

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I don't understand how East West Rail would impact on the training ground. There are no new stations planned on the Marston Vale line, and the new station for Winslow has been well known for some time.

The only possibility would be if a proposed construction compound (for storage, site cabins, etc.) was to be sited on one of the proposed sites, but that would indicate that there is a third, previously unmentioned site that the club is looking at as there are no plans for the East West Rail project to use any land the football club is currently using. Such a situation would mean the club would have to wait until construction of the line has finished before they could build the training ground, which might be the "significant delay" that was mentioned. There's a site near Newton Longville that could be suitable after EWR have finished with it......

Seen this today from @Phil_MKD on twitter;

Tickford fields delayed due to council looking to maximise their returns from planning with site due to be surrounded by houses. Cosgrove delays due to half ground being a flood plain, not an MK council and also having to work with village residents.

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I would assume a major issue with Cosgrove is getting planning approved. The majority of Cosgrove either falls within village conservation area boundaries, Grand union canal conservation area boundaries and it's full of listed buildings with heritage impact restrictions. On top of that, it's on a floodplain which would require major works to waterways to accommodate groundworks which in turn impacts wildlife etc...

I live there and have had major headaches with the council just making minor improvements to my house.

To try and get 19 football pitches, plus accommodation approved is no small task. Id' be very surprised if it goes ahead.

I can't understand why the club paid for the land before looking into the conditions involved.

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Disclaimer: All my comments are my opinions unless stated otherwise. I'm just a fan following my club.

I'm guessing because land sold as seen costs 'X amount' , but land sold with the planning permission already approved or a high probability of getting planning permission approved costs significantly more!

i.e farmland may cost £20k per hectare, but with residential planning permission the price would be more like £2M..

Pete has rolled the dice...