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We should all go online ... and support the Application before the politically correct brigade say its near a green field site and try and prevent it.

 

A bit unfair. It's a redevelopment of existing buildings on private land, shielded from the road, and no part of it will be any more visible from the road than the present buildings are, so even individuals who are concerned about inappropriate development (like myself) should have no issues with this. I like it, from a general point of view, as well as as a Saints fan.

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We should all go online ... and support the Application before the politically correct brigade say its near a green field site and try and prevent it.

A bit unfair. It's a redevelopment of existing buildings on private land, shielded from the road, and no part of it will be any more visible from the road than the present buildings are, so even individuals who are concerned about inappropriate development (like myself) should have no issues with this. I like it, from a general point of view, as well as as a Saints fan.

 

This is the New Forest and what is normal for the rest of Britain becomes a nigh on impossibility in this realm.

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Looks good but that is one of the worst Planning Applications for something of such a professional nature that i have ever seen, littered with spelling mistakes and the supporting figures are limited and in places completely unclear as to what they represent. The plans look fantastic and hopefully they will go through but i am not particularly impressed with whoever the planning agent is on this!

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A bit unfair. It's a redevelopment of existing buildings on private land, shielded from the road, and no part of it will be any more visible from the road than the present buildings are, so even individuals who are concerned about inappropriate development (like myself) should have no issues with this. I like it, from a general point of view, as well as as a Saints fan.

 

Which goes to show that the owners are considering every aspect of the development. Keeping in with the neighbours is intrinsic to a new development and also will hopefully give little or no cause for concern or objection.

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Those images do look really impressive, having those sort of facilities in L1 is amazing really.

 

It's funny that portsmouth still haven't got a training ground....and we are going ahead to redevelp our existing one, in L1.

 

This is going to sound controvercial.... but had this been done under any of the previous regimes, would fans not have come out in force giving them a slagging that we should be spending it on the first team....?

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This is going to sound controvercial.... but had this been done under any of the previous regimes' date=' would fans not have come out in force giving them a slagging that we should be spending it on the first team....?[/quote']

 

probably, and i still say the first team should be the priority - as the rest of the club takes control of it's self when the first team is winning.

 

but these guys are also putting a fair whack into player transfers too, so we've got the best of both worlds. One day i'll wake up and this will all have been a dream, it's a bit crazy to see where we are now and where we were 6/7 months ago.

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Those images do look really impressive, having those sort of facilities in L1 is amazing really.

 

It's funny that portsmouth still haven't got a training ground....and we are going ahead to redevelp our existing one, in L1.

 

They're building it in the close season, so hopefully we'll not have them in L1. ;)

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To me this shows they are here for the long haul and building outfit not just for the Premier league but european football and maybe regular internationals - such as hosting a Brazil V Argentina game. This management are truely building an enterprise here. One which I believe will be the envy the majority of other football club.

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This is going to sound controvercial.... but had this been done under any of the previous regimes' date=' would fans not have come out in force giving them a slagging that we should be spending it on the first team....?[/quote']

 

I think previously, it has been either/or. Under Markus it looks like both!!

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We should all go online to

 

http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/planningonline/acolnetcgi.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=167811

 

and support the Application before the politically correct brigade say its near a green field site and try and prevent it.

 

Can't really see there being any objection because it is on the current building footprint and hidden from neighbouring properties.

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They're building it in the close season, so hopefully we'll not have them in L1. ;)

 

IIRC, they say that they are looking for permission in January with completion in July 2010.

 

Yep, P5: 01 Introduction, Para 4

 

In order to open the new facilities in the close season (next July) the hope is that planning permission can be granted in January 2010.
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This is going to sound controvercial.... but had this been done under any of the previous regimes' date=' would fans not have come out in force giving them a slagging that we should be spending it on the first team....?[/quote']

 

probably, and i still say the first team should be the priority - as the rest of the club takes control of it's self when the first team is winning.

 

but these guys are also putting a fair whack into player transfers too, so we've got the best of both worlds. One day i'll wake up and this will all have been a dream, it's a bit crazy to see where we are now and where we were 6/7 months ago.

 

I think previously, it has been either/or. Under Markus it looks like both!!

 

Which is how it should be! ;-)

 

Was going to add my tuppence worth, but I think you've got the answer you were seeking. :)

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A bit too functional/Bauhaus for my liking.

 

Seeing as it's on the fringe of the Forest, why not go retro with a cob-walled, half-timbered, thatched-roof design.

 

I rather like this style...

 

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This is going to sound controvercial.... but had this been done under any of the previous regimes' date=' would fans not have come out in force giving them a slagging that we should be spending it on the first team....?[/quote']

 

Sounds a bit stirring when you consider the past regime showered themselves with shame and the money (when it was there) never went into the club. Whereas, in comparison, the Swiss owners have (imho) barely put a foot wrong since their arrival and treated the fans with respect and professional courtesy. I am proud and confident we have some of the best owners in the football league who are investing for the future, to expect a return, but speculating to accumlate. A bit of money, invested with foresight and logic goes a long way. Seems strange those traits have been missing on the South Coast for so long eh?!

 

What is it with Cedar cladding in modern architecture - its everywhere... does look nice though. ;-)
Think you answered your own question there! ;o) Assumed you were being tongue in cheek.
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Have we been lied to about the "fantastic facilities" at Staplewood up until now then? I was always under the impression that we had brilliant facilities anyway. The Dome, etc.

 

The Dome is new-ish and for the size of it, I imagine relatively cheap to build. The buildings: the changing rooms, etc. look a bit archaic. Like an old sixties community centre.

 

Although I have to say, back in the day, the catering for fans was significantly better than that at The Dell...

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Have we been lied to about the "fantastic facilities" at Staplewood up until now then? I was always under the impression that we had brilliant facilities anyway. The Dome, etc.

 

Depends what you're comparing them against. When we first moved there they were state of the art and several upgrades have helped (the Dome is superb and is not being touched). However, most Premier League clubs (some obvious exceptions) and some Championship teams, plus Norwich City in L1, currently have better facilities than us. We will never compete with Manyoo's, Arsenal's and Chelsea's facilities but hopefully this redevelopment will get us up there with the best of the rest.

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This is going to sound controvercial.... but had this been done under any of the previous regimes' date=' would fans not have come out in force giving them a slagging that we should be spending it on the first team....?[/quote']

 

I take the point FC, but it could be argued that we are spending it on the first team, it's just that it is the first team of the future, which is good investment as far as I am concerned.

 

I am confident that we have shrewd business people running the club now, I have nothing but confidence in their ability to deliver the full package. We have the ground, makes sence that we should have comparible training facilities - after all essentially they are used more frequently than SMS.

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This is going to sound controvercial.... but had this been done under any of the previous regimes' date=' would fans not have come out in force giving them a slagging that we should be spending it on the first team....?[/quote']

 

The difference being I think is that we now have the financial stability to be investing in both.

Before, we got £7 million for Crouch and built a Dome - for the rest of the summer we only spent £90k on the first team.

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Where's the swimming pool? I heard that a lot of big clubs were incorporating these in their training facilities now for Hydro therapy purposes. For example, Spurs only built a new training facility in Chigwell about 7 years ago and are now building another one in Enfield which incorporates a swimming pool.

 

See below for details.

 

New Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre at Bulls Cross, Enfield.

 

A few facts:

 

Cost - £30 million.

 

11 outdoor grass pitches (1 floodlit).

 

1 outdoor articifial pitch, floodlit.

 

1 indoor artificial pitch.

 

Various other outdoor training areas, including dedicated goalkeeping areas.

 

Hydrotherapy pool; swimming pool; medical and physio rooms; gyms; media centre; admin offices; changing rooms; dining rooms; lounges; classrooms for academy and schoolboy players.

 

Building footprint - 7738 sq metres. Total size of site - approx 60 acres.

 

To see images of what it looks like, they apparently have a special area on their website.

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The article for the training ground keeps mentioning "lack of space " on the site. I wonder if they have or would consider moving completely to a new site. Maybe hard to do with planning and green belts but would give more space.

 

I wonder if any plans have been drawn up to improve St Mary's?

 

Changing rooms at St Mary's have already been done in last few weeks but will anything else internally be upgraded or a stadium capacity expansion in the pipeline for potentially playing in the Premiership again.

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I wonder if any plans have been drawn up to improve St Mary's?

 

Changing rooms at St Mary's have already been done in last few weeks but will anything else internally be upgraded or a stadium capacity expansion in the pipeline for potentially playing in the Premiership again.

 

i guess we've looked into the possibility of expanding, as we were keen on a world cup bid - but i cannot imagine that will be done until we look like we're heading for the premiership. (i.e top 6 championship...)

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