Car park at Oakwell

I was told today that BFC has applied for planning permission to build houses on the Ponty End car park.Any one else heard this?

 

Who owns the land? Still confused as to who owns what

 

Yes they have and in my opinion that is a fecking disgrace.

Land at Oakwell Ground, Grove Street, Barnsley, S71 1ET
Erection of 12no dwelling houses in three blocks of four units & replacement car parking

 

Oakwell Community Assets Limited

 

Oakwell community assets isn't it? 50/50 between PC and the council. Thats how I understand it anyway

 

Not sure mate.I was told by a resident who said they'ed received letters notifying them of the clubs application.

 

They applied years ago

 

The plan is to build three apartment blocks in the lower half of the carpark (shown in red) to be accessed off grove street and to replace the lost carpark with a new one on the grassed/wildlife area next to the academy (shown in blue) with access to the new car park via beaver court (shown in yellow)

The plan to access via beaver court is absolute madness as that road is a narrow single lane, low density access road that needs to remain open in the opposite direction on match days to allow vehicles into the council buildings. Adding an extra 194 vehicles (the proposed amount) to that road on matchdays is an absolutely stupid plan which could never ever work.

 

They did and nothing came of it. this is a new plan submitted last week

 

Not many clubs are built on as much land as BFC - might be a good time to start sweating some of these assets.

 

http://applications.barnsley.gov.uk...es/Skins/Barnsley/Menus/PL.xml&DAURI=PLANNING

 

The blue land has alwaya looked as if it was part of the academy that wasn't finishedir has floodlights installed around it and the entry exit route is already used

 

Is the sarnie shop moving into the ground as part of this plan? I'm all for it if so.

 

No dramas, get on the bus/train, park away from Oakwell, walk if possible, we do ok for car parking already.

 

this was going to happen years ago with a New access road onto pontifract road via the old barnsley brewery area and car parking facilities moved completely to the east side of the ground,which with a junction on pontifract road would make egress from the ground a lot easier than it is at present and away from residential area than the car park is now.

 

I thought that was the case before with a new road being built. The new plans though are to simply shift all the cars onto beaver court which I'm amazed they're even considering because it flies completely in the face of the clubs own statements regarding grove street when they said cars could no longer exit via the top exits because grove street couldnt handle it (grove street is a wider, straighter road than beaver court) and also against their own statement with regards beaver court being an essential emergency access road to the ground and therefore needing the least number of cars on it as possible

 

Maximising alternative revenue streams.

Well done Don.

 

How so? It isn't the club who have applied for this planning permission, it is PC and the council who have and it is they who would benefit as they own the land not the club.

 

Get them built, help solve housing shortage, increased revenue. No clubs own as much land as us. Personally I wouldn't replace the car parking though and encourage public transport

 

Who the hell wants to live in a football club car park???