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Stadium Expansion *APPROVED* Sept ‘22 - Details / Images Released on Planning Site

By Fox in the North, in Leicester City Forum

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funkyrobot

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Soulsby got asked about the delay and tweeted this response today   - ‘Very large and complex scheme but officers been in regular contact with the Club. Told planning application due to go to Planning Committee for a decision on 14 September - papers published 6 September.’

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12 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-62817522?at_custom3=LR+BBC+Radio+Leicester&at_custom1=link&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom4=31964842-2EA9-11ED-8728-483C2152A482&at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7

 

If approved, the Premier League club will have to set out more specific plans and agree a financial deal with the local authority.

The contributions will go towards the improvement and accessibility of The Raw Dykes Scheduled Ancient Monument, affordable housing as well as traffic and transport provision.

 

Why? I can see the logic behind the other provisos but affordable housing? Do other developments like the Brooklyn Hotel and the Leicester Uni complex have to contribute to this?

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4 minutes ago, davieG said:

If approved, the Premier League club will have to set out more specific plans and agree a financial deal with the local authority.

The contributions will go towards the improvement and accessibility of The Raw Dykes Scheduled Ancient Monument, affordable housing as well as traffic and transport provision.

 

Why? I can see the logic behind the other provisos but affordable housing? Do other developments like the Brooklyn Hotel and the Leicester Uni complex have to contribute to this?

The residential part of the application is only to seek outline approval. Things can change when they apply in the future for full planning consent when the affordable housing requirement might disappear. Not sure where they are to be built, affordable apartments in the new block? Whatever, it shouldn't affect the new East Stand development. 

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11 minutes ago, davieG said:

If approved, the Premier League club will have to set out more specific plans and agree a financial deal with the local authority.

The contributions will go towards the improvement and accessibility of The Raw Dykes Scheduled Ancient Monument, affordable housing as well as traffic and transport provision.

 

Why? I can see the logic behind the other provisos but affordable housing? Do other developments like the Brooklyn Hotel and the Leicester Uni complex have to contribute to this?

It not unusual.

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15 minutes ago, davieG said:

If approved, the Premier League club will have to set out more specific plans and agree a financial deal with the local authority.

The contributions will go towards the improvement and accessibility of The Raw Dykes Scheduled Ancient Monument, affordable housing as well as traffic and transport provision.

 

Why? I can see the logic behind the other provisos but affordable housing? Do other developments like the Brooklyn Hotel and the Leicester Uni complex have to contribute to this?

It’s just because the development includes housing (234 studio apartments if you’d consider that housing)  and the councils policy is that at least 10% of housing is affordable, not relevant for students or other specialist accommodation like hotels I assume. Will just depend on the ultimate makeup of the accommodation it looks like the Club included all possibilities like build to rent,  sale, or student accom, the latter doesn’t require any affordable housing.

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10 minutes ago, StanSP said:

About time for an update from the club then if this is about to be approved. 

 

 

I thought that we'd had one with Top's programme notes where he confirmed the clubs total commitment to the development and hope for some good news very soon. 

 

I'm hoping there will be a schedule of works released once the approval is given so we know what's happening and when. 

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5 minutes ago, OLASNP said:

It’s just because the development includes housing (234 studio apartments if you’d consider that housing)  and the councils policy is that at least 10% of housing is affordable, not relevant for students or other specialist accommodation like hotels I assume. Will just depend on the ultimate makeup of the accommodation it looks like the Club included all possibilities like build to rent,  sale, or student accom, the latter doesn’t require any affordable housing.

If it's high spec accommodation then 10% affordable is going to be completely out of place, you'd just be forcing some rabbit hutch accommodation in.

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38 minutes ago, davieG said:

If approved, the Premier League club will have to set out more specific plans and agree a financial deal with the local authority.

The contributions will go towards the improvement and accessibility of The Raw Dykes Scheduled Ancient Monument, affordable housing as well as traffic and transport provision.

 

Why? I can see the logic behind the other provisos but affordable housing? Do other developments like the Brooklyn Hotel and the Leicester Uni complex have to contribute to this?

A S106 is a fixed sum legal agreement to the LA that provides for 'X' amount of affordable properties to be provided by the applicant. An S106 in theory can make developers provide for medical centers and vets etc. Sometimes these land parcels can be sold on but must be kept to the building/purpose under approval etc. The affordable is straightforward in that the LA will stipulate a percentage % of all apartments within the development as being affordable. It is the developers cost to provide these.

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5 minutes ago, davieG said:

If it's high spec accommodation then 10% affordable is going to be completely out of place, you'd just be forcing some rabbit hutch accommodation in.

Just reading though the council report it includes the point that affordable housing has to be in locations agreed with the councils housing department; and indistinguishable from the market units in terms of appearance design and quality; and benefit from proportionate provision of amenities like parking. Though it only currently has 40 car parking spaces in the plot in any case. Though I’m sure there are plenty of unfortunate workarounds 

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12 minutes ago, davieG said:

If it's high spec accommodation then 10% affordable is going to be completely out of place, you'd just be forcing some rabbit hutch accommodation 

10% is LOW! 10% for an inner city residential tower is low but one would have to assume that KP have offset this elsewhere. Also, if it were me, I would position these at the bottom. This would likely be under a management company in terms of private rent/ownership (KP).

 

Other than that the HA can place any occupant anywhere. 

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FoxinNotts

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5 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

Surely, given our current plight with regard both to our league position and the Club's financial state this needs to be put on hold?

If the clubs debt is serviceable then the 'club's financial state' is fine. 

The club will be banking (literally) that the league position is only temporary.  

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