Our Clubs Future Once Again Lies In Our Hands.....

Last updated : 25 March 2002 By
NEW MEADOW – LATEST NEWS

The council advertised that the planning application had been received in the Shrewsbury Chronicle and the Shropshire Star on Thursday 7th March 2002, and is reproduced below.

SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL

Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995

Notice under article 8 (2) of the above order application for planning permission.

SABC has received the following application set out below which is major, subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment and affects a public right of way.

LOCATION : Oteley Road (Land at) Shrewsbury

APPLICATION TYPE : Full

APPLICANT : STFC

PROPOSAL : Erection of a new football stadium, construction of training pitch, community pitch, children pitch, 6 no. five a side pitches, changing facilities, formation of car parking, taxi rank/ bus stop lay-by, and new access and associated engineering and other works.

Copies of the application, Environmental Statement, planning statement and the Transport Impact Assessment can be inspected by the public at

Development Services, Oakley Manor, Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury, during normal office hours. Copies can be purchased from the above address.

Anyone who wishes to make representations about this application should write to the Development Services to be received within 21 days of the date of notice quoting Ref : 02/0278/F. Any comments received will be open to inspection by the applicant and public in accordance with the Local Government ( Access to Information) Act 1985

Signed P.W. Fenwick
On behalf of SABC
7th March 2002

Following on from this the club now need us to start writing letters of support for the scheme. Although you may have previously written letters for the previous applications, these are now INVALID, due to change to the plans.

The same criteria apply as previously. The letter should be written in support of the planning application, and highlight the benefits, i.e. the need for the football club to move to a new stadium due to Gay Meadow being unsuitable for development as a modern football stadium. The community sports facilities (i.e. five a side pitches etc).

To gain some ideas and look at the plans, have a look at the New Meadow section on the Shrewsweb site www.shrewsburytown.com

Please get your letters of support in by Thursday March 28th 2002. They should be sent to;

P.JARRETT,
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES,
OAKLEY MANOR,
BELLE VUE,
SHREWSBURY

YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECAITED.

Thanks
Adrian Plimmer
A Large Scotch.

If you have any question please contact newmeadow@shrewsburytown.co.uk