PEAKS Parkway remains the preferred site for a new home for Grimsby Town FC.
This is the advice that will be given to a special meeting of North East Lincolnshire Council's cabinet on February 28.
On a planning points basis, it scored less well than two other locations - one on dockside and the other at Europarc - but these proved to be unavailable.
The full list of sites considered (in order of suitability) is below
SITE
1 Dockside
2 Europarc
3 Peaks Parkway
4 Morrisons Dual By-Pass
5 Great Coates
6 King George V Athletic Stadium
7 Pleasure Island
8 Millenium Park, Macaulay Lane
9 Ladysmith Road
10 B & Q on A16
11 Western Tech School
12 Bradley Road
13 Fish Docks
14 Blundell Park
15 Freeman Street
16 Tioxide Site
17 Grimsby Golf Centre
The cabinet meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at Grimsby Town Hall at 3.30pm on February 28.
The report to members states:
"The development of a Community Stadium in North East Lincolnshire will contribute to both building a stronger economy and stronger communities.
"The development of a Community Stadium in North East Lincolnshire will contribute to both building a stronger economy and stronger communities.
"A Community Stadium will include the creation of
new facilities for community use together with enabling development.
"A legacy of
community benefit will be created, along with public health benefits and construction
employment and training opportunities.
"The development of a
Community Stadium will contribute to a stronger economy by improving skills and
employability, offering local employment,
contributing to sustainable built and
natural environments and supporting businesses and innovation within the Borough.
"This stronger economy will benefit the residents,
businesses and visitors to the borough.
"The development of a
Community Stadium will contribute to stronger communities by promoting independence
through employment, health, sport and participation opportunities - in other
words by better enabling our citizens to be more active and to lead healthier lives.
"The
development of a Community Stadium will also contribute to stronger communities by encouraging sustainable
housing developments in line with the Council’s submitted
draft Local Plan together with all the benefits
that will bring.
"The development of a
Community Stadium, together with enabling development including housing across the
borough, contributes to a lasting legacy of community benefit within North East
Lincolnshire. "
The report continues: "The do-nothing option would not
enable the project to advance and the potential benefits highlighted would
not be able to be gained.
"The positive partnership working built up between the
Council, GTFC, the Mariners Trust and the prospective developers, EXTREME, would be
jeopardised.
"The delivery of both a Community Stadium and enabling development
expected to comprise of a mixture of housing developments would be
foregone."
It adds: "There are potential positive
and negative reputational implications for the Council resulting from this
decision.
The Council’s communications
service will be engaged throughout
to ensure that all statutory consultation requirements are met and
that all parties’ communications remain as aligned as possible and that all
sectors of the community and stakeholders are reached to the greatest
extent possible."
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