The Football League take the matter of Coventry City returning to their home city very seriously, and have undertaken to keep the Minister informed of progress. The Club have committed to returning to Coventry within 3 years.
A welcomed response but to me it poses more questions than hope, for instance the response says:
The Football League and the Football Club have stated it's 3 years with an additional run off period of two years, but this additional two years is not mentioned in the response and secondly the response also quotes "The Club have committed to returning to Coventry" so are we talking Canley, Tile Hill, Eastern Green, Radford or another or are we talking about the Coventry Area i.e Exhall, etc?
Could be good questions for Cov Tel to pursue?
If they win the JR they will be after CCC for loss of earnings. If they lose, its appeal time !
This needs clarifying with the football league. Is it will be back in Coventry or Coventry area which is what we have been led to believe ?
Coventry can be a boundary.
Coventry can be a concept.
I'm pleased people who can maybe do something about this are talking and giving time limits and dates for a return. But 2016 for fuck sake. Too late.
I'm pleased people who can maybe do something about this are talking and giving time limits and dates for a return. But 2016 for fuck sake. Too late.
Also, conveniently, there is the small matter of a general election before then.
The Football League have allowed up to 5 years - and that's how long it will take
Coventry as a 'concept.' Norman you've surpassed yourself this time.
What utter tripe.
Oh I understand your nonsense alright. You insult your fellow fans with talk of 'the concept of Coventry.'
All the more reason to put a definition on it to be honest.
I'd argue that the city of Coventry is defined by the council jurisdiction, but that's just my mental model. Several people complain that the Ricoh isn't in Coventry. It's why it's so important for us to know the location, so we can decide for ourselves whether we support it or not.
This needs clarifying with the football league. Is it will be back in Coventry or Coventry area which is what we have been led to believe ?
Odd, I know people who live in parts of what I'd consider Coventry who live outside of council jurisdiction, I'll never look at them the same way now because they're outside of an administrative area.
Just in time before we're back in the Premier League, then? :thinking about:
I was agreeing with NW
(unless his aim was to convince some of what Coventry is)
Careful, we'll be having a matey joke before you know it
No it wasn't.
But pointing at a map and telling me that's Coventry feels very uncomfortable to me when, well... what actually is Coventry according to the maps changes during the lifetime of people I've known!
So CCFC have 3 years (plus a possible 2 further years) to bring us back to the "Coventry area"
I assume the clock started running 8th July 2013 when permission was granted.
So far we have expended 9mths
Apparently it will still be several months before the land is acquired say end of start of July 4mths
There are according to CBRE 6 months to put a planning application together that takes us to January 2015 to submit the planning application
Planning hearings, objections, referrals to secretary of state etc etc could take a minimum of 12 months (many of these large scale projects take far longer) so that takes us to January 2016
Build time we are told could be brought down to around 12 months (if all goes well) - I think that's a bit optimistic personally but I am not a construction expert - but it takes us to January 2017 at best in my opinion
I guess my question is do the FL, the government etc actually look at what is being said by the people running the proposed project and tie it in with the things they know about how long the processes involved are likely to take?
I make that a minimum of 43 mths by the way
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