That Old Chestnut - Do We Move Or Do We Stay

[SteelmaninOZ]

Rebuild the POD rebuild the Hunter if the new neighbours don’t like it then they can move Fir Park was well established before the new homes were built. 

[Kmcalpin]

6 minutes ago, SteelmaninOZ said:

Rebuild the POD rebuild the Hunter if the new neighbours don’t like it then they can move Fir Park was well established before the new homes were built. 

Thats a fair point. The existing structures have set a planning precedent in terms of land use and physical characeteristics such as height, parking etc. They've been there for years and thats half the battle. However be sure that the neighbours will scrutinise every comma and dot, and rightly so. The fact that the stadium has been there before many of the residents moved in won't stop opposition though.  

[Jonesy]

1 hour ago, SteelmaninOZ said:

Rebuild the POD rebuild the Hunter if the new neighbours don’t like it then they can move Fir Park was well established before the new homes were built. 

I don't think there's any new houses that would be affected by rebuilding either stand?

[Spiderpig]

1 hour ago, SteelmaninOZ said:

Rebuild the POD rebuild the Hunter if the new neighbours don’t like it then they can move Fir Park was well established before the new homes were built. 

Its irrelevant how long Fir Park has been there, the Cooper stand was meant to be a two tier structure until the residents of the houses behind it complained, so it was reduced in size.

So you can be certain that any proposed development will be scrutenised line by line and there will be objections.

[Onthefringes]

1 hour ago, Jonesy said:

 

I'm not dead against it, but as I mentioned in an earlier post getting the location right it key. Get that plot of land behind the college and almost nothing changes. Get stuck lumped band in the middle of it, near the Sport Centre, of away up the far end behind the BOC road to Cleland and it becomes an issue.

In terms of distance covered it wouldn't look like a massive change, that only comes in if you start to look at what else it entails. St Johnstone only moved 1.5km from Muirton Park but I wouldn't have classed McDairmid sitting on its tod stuck by the side of the dual carriageway on the outskirts of Perth as feeling part of the community. It's only now with new build houses and everything else that brings cropping up round about it that the town is starting to catch up to it but that's taken over 30 years.

The plans for Ravenscraig have shifted quite a bit since the original idea, understandably, since a fair bit of EU money was expected to help it along. It seems now it's heading towards being a largely industrial complex. There's long been talk of adding 2 train stations (one between Motherwell - Shieldmuir and one between Holytown - Wishaw) which might help and a football stadium appearing might encourage other things to crop up but that took a generation in Perth. 

Fair summation.

[grizzlyg]

11 hours ago, weeyin said:

If he had a pound for everyone who laughed at one of his jokes he need change for a pound.

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