TRO Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 09/12/2020 at 23:27, Villa_Stateside said: This great to see. got me thinking about if the club have anymore land for further expansion? I can’t find info anywhere I think they are looking at a site bordering st andrews rd, bordesley green rd and cattel rd. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 15 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: I think they have cleaned the external concrete a couple of times, but it just gets grotty after about a year. It looks better with the dean and jack banner. If they wait any longer it will probably be listed by the 20th Century Society as a example of brutalism. Jesus Christ could you imagine if they did! It would be just the sort of rubbish they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Apparently the the plans for this are due to go before the city council's planning committee next week. This 'final agenda report' PDF link was added to the 'supporting documents' yesterday. 'The proposal is for the re-development of the site to provide a football academy for Aston Villa Football Club. The development will consist of one outdoor 3G, floodlit, pitch and one indoor 3G, floodlit, pitch with an attached single storey building providing changing rooms, parents lounge, office and storage. The proposal also includes 3 car parks providing a total of 445 parking spaces, areas of landscaping and the creation of a wildlife pond.' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Posted May 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2021 On 09/12/2020 at 15:44, The Fun Factory said: In fairness to Doug at least he bought up the land around Villa during his time at the club. He was probably just waiting for someone at a board meeting to suggest renaming the whole area after him. He certainly would not have rushed to put any of his own money into building something like this for our football club, in the way that our current owners are doing. Sorry, to bring this up, but I do still have difficulty in seeing a link between fairness and a man that had so little time for those that he called "mere men of the terraces". 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, John said: He was probably just waiting for someone at a board meeting to suggest renaming the whole area after him. He certainly would not have rushed to put any of his own money into building something like this for our football club, in the way that our current owners are doing. Sorry, to bring this up, but I do still have difficulty in seeing a link between fairness and a man that had so little time for those that he called "mere men of the terraces". From memory Doug brought the land and valued it at residential prices. But when it was valued as commercial land (its current purpose) it wasn't worth nearly as much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 4 hours ago, John said: He was probably just waiting for someone at a board meeting to suggest renaming the whole area after him. He certainly would not have rushed to put any of his own money into building something like this for our football club, in the way that our current owners are doing. Sorry, to bring this up, but I do still have difficulty in seeing a link between fairness and a man that had so little time for those that he called "mere men of the terraces". Dougville does have a ring to it. Agree with the contempt for his tenure though, I have no doubt Doug would have benefitted personally from that land, and could never have seen him have the vision to do what Wes and Nassef are doing with this academy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 18 hours ago, John said: He was probably just waiting for someone at a board meeting to suggest renaming the whole area after him. He certainly would not have rushed to put any of his own money into building something like this for our football club, in the way that our current owners are doing. Sorry, to bring this up, but I do still have difficulty in seeing a link between fairness and a man that had so little time for those that he called "mere men of the terraces". Well maybe so or not but at least we have land to expand. If it had been all flogged off it would be a lot more difficult regardless if you think Ellis was a good, bad, or indifferent owner. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2021 I wonder If NSWE are buying up other plots of land around VP for other future uses. With Citeh and their sports city concept it's probably something other clubs will look to emulate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted May 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2021 Not sure where they're getting this from... but... 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Planning permission is a publicly accessible online portal, you need to sift through sheds to find it but anyone can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Hopefully they continue with this investment and make a facility slightly further afield to help broaden our network of youth players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 31 minutes ago, useless said: Not sure where they're getting this from... but... It annoys me that the vertical pitch isn't at a right angle to the horizontal pitch. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 29 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Planning permission is a publicly accessible online portal, you need to sift through sheds to find it but anyone can Application number 2020/08399/PA for anyone who is interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: It annoys me that the vertical pitch isn't at a right angle to the horizontal pitch. Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 On 21/05/2021 at 22:49, sidcow said: I wonder If NSWE are buying up other plots of land around VP for other future uses. With Citeh and their sports city concept it's probably something other clubs will look to emulate. Maybe they can do a deal with the council that after the commonwealth games are completed Nswe take over ownership or parts of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 44 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Planning permission is a publicly accessible online portal, you need to sift through sheds to find it but anyone can The blosers are rebuilding too??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 My understanding of it is that its a really modern building, fabric roof, lots of sustainable construction ideas, they have noise concerns so there will be acoustic fences and measures put in place, lots of environmental stuff too, its targeting BREEAM very good, sport England are sniffing around it for community use which would mean that the club is also applying for sport England funding, network rail wanted funding to increase the size of the ramps to the train station and the council said no 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Another good news coming from the club and shows the owners commitment to make us the best at all levels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted May 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2021 This looks awesome, close to VP and should create a bit of wealth for the immediate area through employment and most importantly improve our ability to find and produce top talent. Yet another thing that underlines just how **** great the current regime is and how much we have been missing out on for so so long through miserly mismanagement through to downright incompetence and shithousery. No more, starting to feel like we might be back at last. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 On 11/12/2020 at 19:52, villalad21 said: Still gutted there were no theme park Yet. No theme park YET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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