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It's the job of the Planning Department to put forward a report to the Planning Committee, but it's the elected members who will make the decisions. Ascetics is part of the reference of a Planning Department/Planning Committee, subjective or not. They do, in fact, comment favourably on the curved design, in contrast to the general design of many stadia. Bearing in mind were looking to demolish housing, reduce car parking and build a huge structure in a residential area, that initial response was more favourable than we might have expected. We won't do this without keeping Croydon Council on board and it's inevitable that some compromise will be required.

Bexley Dave

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So this is how the antis plan to attack the project. Good of them to lay their cards on the table so early. If you cant attack the mertis, attack the people presenting them. Dorking's post made it clear the demolition of either 4 or 5 homes was likely. So, how light were the details? Only if you were listening selectively.

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In the new stand, I'd love a sports bar (full of Palace memorabilia) to grab some chicken wings and beers pre-match or after the game while the traffic dies down.

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Everything about that article reeks of bitterness. How dare the "mighty" Crystal Palace make such a presentation? How dare they do their homework? The author must have gone in with preconceived notions and instead of reporting the facts and letting the reader decide practice selective listening and heard precisely what they wanted to hear. You are also right about Noades. He was not the most politically astute and often tried to bully council into allowing him to build a 40,000all seater with a model which quite frankly was worse than bare bones. He cared not a whit about community concerns and therefore got little accomplished. Yes, Selhurst gradually became an all-seater but moving the players entrance to where it is now created a host of safety problems, culminating with the Tottenham coach blocking an exit gate to the Main Stand and very nearly causing a dangerous crush situation in April, 1991. The driver backed up too soon and claimed Terry Venables told him to do it. It took the match commander, Chief Superintendent Crawford, to order him back where he belonged. In case you're wondering, El Tel told him no such thing, he did it on his own. I heard he was fired the next day for committing several unsafe acts behind the wheel.

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From what i understand, only 4 of the 5 houses can be compulsory purchased. The other, a privately owned property cannot purchased on behalf of a private company by the council. Maybe a crock of sh*te but the grapevine tells me the fella doesn't want to sell.

Also i don't think Sainsbury's will sell (allow the use) the section of car park that is needed for the Main Stand.

Ever since consultations started a few years back, light has always been a very big issue and will be, especially because of the height of the new proposed Main Stand.

Anyone remember back in the 80's when Noades had the model of his proposed new stadium built. He put it near the doorway as you walked into the reception area of the Old Stand. We all marvelled at what we thought he was going to bring.
He instead built the Holmesdale on a budget that'd you'd struggle to get a 2* holiday in Skegness.

I hope this new stand gets built and doesn't end up the bs that consistently run along side this club. Still, if all goes well with successful planning and building, it could well be ready for the 2024/25 season, if at all.

All food for thought.

I refuse to believe there are that many people out there that can't spell. Too f**king lazy, that's what I think.

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My reading of it is that they are offended that the Council are so 'developer friendly'. Digs about Councillors accepting 'perks' (which they have correctly declared) and the system of lobbying.

Reads as very bitter though, perhaps they wish they were a Councillor themselves so that they could be getting the free suit, tickets or trip to Wembley as per the examples given.

Isn't that how these things work though? How did Russia or Qatar get the World Cup? London got the 2012 Olympics by giving out watches and handbags to delegates in the selection committee.