Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:45 pm  

Just been having a scan of the docs on the application.

One thing that's just caught my eye is the number of representatives that will be called during the PI.
Yorkcourt- Calling 5 witnesses
WMDC- Calling 5 witnesses
Leeds City Council- Calling 2 witnesses.

So this will be a case of 10 positive testimonies versus 2 negative testimonies.
I've said for months that the case being put forward by the LCC is wafer thin, well this surely shows it for all to see.

Their cases will be based around greenbelt issues (part of the site will then be declassified) and the fact they dropped a similar development 10+ years ago (times change, as do gov requirements- NM will meet current/future targets), not to mention the environmental (despite Natural England not objecting to the development) and traffic concerns brought up by resident in the LCC. The only thread they clung onto was the traffic concerns & those have since been dealt with in conjunction with highways.

For me we should reiterate their response to Sheffield (which I do class as a BIG city, unlike Leeds) which went along the lines of:

Not home and dry by any means, but closer than we've ever been and getting stronger by the day!!

Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:01 pm  

G.Price Fan Club wrote:

Just been having a scan of the docs on the application.

One thing that's just caught my eye is the number of representatives that will be called during the PI.
Yorkcourt- Calling 5 witnesses
WMDC- Calling 5 witnesses
Leeds City Council- Calling 2 witnesses.

So this will be a case of 10 positive testimonies versus 2 negative testimonies.
I've said for months that the case being put forward by the LCC is wafer thin, well this surely shows it for all to see.

Their cases will be based around greenbelt issues (part of the site will then be declassified) and the fact they dropped a similar development 10+ years ago (times change, as do gov requirements- NM will meet current/future targets), not to mention the environmental (despite Natural England not objecting to the development) and traffic concerns brought up by resident in the LCC. The only thread they clung onto was the traffic concerns & those have since been dealt with in conjunction with highways.

For me we should reiterate their response to Sheffield (which I do class as a BIG city, unlike Leeds) which went along the lines of:

Not home and dry by any means, but closer than we've ever been and getting stronger by the day!!

You've had a mare there, Leeds is bigger than Sheffield.

Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:19 am  

Leeds is roughly the same size as Amsterdam

But no where near as good

Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:42 am  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

Leeds is roughly the same size as Amsterdam

But no where near as good

I bet you think the window shopping is better!

Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:55 am  

Having been to "the Dam" twice I can honestly say I really don't like the place.
It's just like Blackpool but with drugs and women of ill repute.

Munich, Prague, Berlin- all much, much better places in central Europe.

Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:20 am  

G.Price Fan Club wrote:

Having been to "the Dam" twice I can honestly say I really don't like the place.
It's just like Blackpool but with drugs and women of ill repute.

Munich, Prague, Berlin- all much, much better places in central Europe.

So what your saying here is Blackpool doesn't have drugs or women of Ill repute?

Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:38 am  

G.Price Fan Club wrote:

Having been to "the Dam" twice I can honestly say I really don't like the place.
It's just like Blackpool but with drugs and women of ill repute.

Munich, Prague, Berlin- all much, much better places in central Europe.

Get down to The Hague and travel into Amsterdam The Hague is a top place but off the tourist areas.

Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:58 am  

G.Price Fan Club wrote:

Having been to "the Dam" twice I can honestly say I really like the place.
It's just like Blackpool but with drugs and women of ill repute.

Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:12 am  

inside man wrote:

So what your saying here is Blackpool doesn't have drugs or women of Ill repute?

No, far from it, my point was neither drugs or women of ill repute interest me, which was why I named other cities I have visited which I think are far more fun.

Munich was particularly good. Although when I visited it was the day of the 7.7 bombings, I ended up fixed to BBC news in the bar of a rather posh hotel. I sat down at about 8pm to get an update & befriended an English speaking businessman who was staying with his wife. We ended up going through a bottle of Jim Bean & setting the world to rights, rolling into our respective rooms about 3.30 am! I proceeded to be violently sick (which went down like a dream with the ex!) & at breakfast the following morning I could tell he'd been given as much a scorn as I had!
Moral of the story- if your going to be sick make sure you clear your partners suitcase!

Munich kicks ass though! In fact Munich for SL in 2018!

Re: The Public enquiry outcome : Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:15 am  

[quote="Schunter"][/quote]
Funny bugger.