The Infrastructure Projects

[Tricky]

All felt a bit pie in the sky to me.

The project is not dead.

Overcoming obstacles not easy when everything is/was closed because of Covid.

I think the 19 storey block of flats has put the brakes on somewhat also. Many of the locals have stated they support the new stand but object to the flats. Theses are matters that need to be revisited by the developers and readdressed

They're trying to get permission for the flats by piggy backing it onto the application for the stand. The community will get behind the stand, the flats are contentious and so will not. This is classic developer stuff. IMO the application without the flats would have been approved ages ago. The club are also probably trying to negotiate with the bioat club but I guess it's difficult for the boat club to meet and discuss at the moment. They probably need an agm to agree any deal proposed.

I did read somewhere that the Boat Clubs couldn't approve anything until they had held an EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting) and until such time, Forest couldnt do anything as the Boat Clubs have that Community Protection thingy as well as Forest and any changes would have to be agreed upon by the relevant committees