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  1. 5 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

    If thats the case, whats the craic with the plot to let next door to the ground, between the North Car Park and the bridge? Or is that outside of what we're in control of?

    I think that might still belong to David Sutherland. 

  2. You're quite a planning guru wilseywilsey. I was merely pointing out that the Council was quite happy to allocate a large chunk of its own abandoned golf course area (yes, holes 10 to 14 at Torvean) for development in its own IMFLDP but not allocate any of the privately owned former Fairways/Castle Heather 18 hole course for development in the same LDP. That to me is double standards. Of course there are no potential NIMBYs overlooking the Torvean land which is why it probably sailed through the consultation process un-noticed. 

    In the preparation of the 2013 Ness-side and Torvean Development Brief, the Rugby Club was heavily involved in the consultation process. At the time a large area was shown for further sports pitches on that part of the Torvean golf course, partly to compensate for the loss of land at Canal Park and partly to help rugby and football facilities (the Academy at Charleston) expand in future. That all changed in the 2019 update of the Development Brief after the rugby facilities were redeveloped at Canal Park and the West Link road was completed. Thereafter the new IMFLDP merely endorsed that.        

  3. Unfortunately, I can't attend as making my biennial pilgrimage to Rome this week. Nevertheless, I'd rather the Club Directors focused on the Planning merits of the proposal.

    In the officials' report to the last South Planning Applications Committee, their remaining objection issue was the loss of locally important open space, now an abandoned golf course taken over by dog walkers. Then look at the abandoned holes of the old Torvean course, owned by the Highland Council and also taken over by dog walkers. The Council has earmarked that locally important open space for development, mostly for housing and possibly a primary school. Double standards or what? Highland Rugby Club were promised additional pitches on that land but the Council reneged. Worth raising but can we trust the Council to support a development that benefits another important City sports club?

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  4. 3 hours ago, forresjags said:

    Oh f*** what next, things are really not good for us right now.

    These temporary stands must be well past their sell by date by now.

    What has been forgotten is that when granted planning permission in 2004 it was only for a temporary period of 3 years. The club was supposed to have applied for more permanent stands, renew the permission or dismantle the stands before the 3 years was up. The agents told the club that when the permission was granted then again early in 2007. Not even the Council bothered to chase that one up. Technically, they are in breach of planning legislation. 😱🙉

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  5. 2 hours ago, CaleyCiuin said:

    He is prone to nose bleeds.

    Is that when he gets near the opposition penalty box and should be taking a shot?

    The 3-5-2 formation and tippy tappy stuff at home isn't working. We need to be more direct and less predictable. For the next few league games I'd like to see a switch to 4-3-3 with Samuel, Pepple and Mckay up front. 

     

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  6. Another inept performance at home. This was the same starting line up that did so well against Raith. We desperately need to overcome teams that just sit in and frustrate for 89 minutes at home. Otherwise we will battle relegation for the rest of the season.

    I'd had enough by 4:25pm and headed home to watch the rugby. With next week's rugby and the Hibs game overlapping today's performance against Queens Park made my mind up which game I'll be watching, even though Scotland faltered after 47 minutes. At least they took their chances that counted by the final whistle.

  7. 2 hours ago, DoofersDad said:

    I wonder if the club will open the North stand for this one? :tongueincheek:

    If not, they won't be getting my money.

    A decent draw for us though, especially after how close Forfar ran them yesterday. Perhaps we could contribute to the departure of yet another H#bs manager.

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  8. The Green Freeport Tax Site only covers the stadium car parks and adjoining land to the North and South. The club doesn't own any of this land. Unless a secret deal has been done recently, the car parks are leased by Tullochs from The Inverness Common Good. So I'm finding it hard to see the benefit to the club. If anything, the loss of that land to development will see the stadium deprived of parking and the club hugely disadvantaged as a result.

  9. It was not so long ago that the Council was prepared to ignore its policy for open space protection to allow roads to be built (1) from the SDR Eagle roundabout into Drakies and (2) to wipe out a well established equipped play area on the long established Drakies buffer land to serve a spurious housing site south of the Police HQ. 

    The large green shed shown in the photo in committee this morning is not a green keepers' shed. It is the Inverness Kart Raceway building, which was also built on the Fairways open space.    🤔

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  10. Yes, I saw that. I got the impression that most councillors want to approve it but as the technical objections had not been addressed by the applicant they felt they couldn't support it today. Also now have time to explain the 'community benefits' (to ICT). Best outcome in the circumstances.

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  11. 1 hour ago, Yngwie said:

    What the club want now, which is their only slim hope, is to influence the councillors who will vote on whether to accept or reject the planning department’s recommendation to reject outright.

     

    Yes, it's called lobbying and still happens for some planning applications despite being frowned upon by officials and against Standards and Ethics in local government guidelines.

    Only 5 busy bodies and one neighbouring community council objected. Very low public interest compared with proposals for 800 houses and a new primary school on the former golf course.

    I feel that Council Planning officials are applying double standards with National Planning Framework 4 when it comes to ICT's interests. They are happy to see our stadium and its car parks zoned for business and industry in the new Local Development Plan and be part of the Green Freeport area, contrary to other policies of NPF4. Yet they choose to use that document to try and reject a renewable energy development on a very small proportion of a disused golf course, which isn't even "public" open space.

     

  12. 15 hours ago, Gringo said:

    From a supporters eye it does seem clear to me that there must be some kind of agenda to run the club in to the ground. Hopefully this is totally the wrong view point but there's nothing evident, to me, that this isn't the case. I live in hope that things will change very soon but I can't see it happen with the current gang in charge. Please ICT, as the song goes, Relight My Fire.

    I've been feeling the same since about 2017. The board realised that the heights of 2015 could never be sustained as there wasn't the funds or the fan base to stay at that level.

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  13. 43 minutes ago, DWH said:

    The really depressing thing is, you really don't have to be very good nowadays to have a better than even chance of beating ICT.

    The fantastic work and even better achievements of the first 22 years of our history has been completely undone by what has happened in the last 7.

    Sadly, I can't disagree. Rather than give Dodds a 2 year contract the Board should have shown some ambition and appointed Warren, Tremarco and Draper. In fact they should have done that in 2016 instead of Foran.

  14. Need to shore up the defence and central midfield, plus need a tall target man up front to help Billy. Looked like a bad injury for young Nicholson. On the plus side some nice play from Longstaff early on and Bray when he came on. Looks like the Dundee game will be a pre-season warm up.

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  15. Still on the bus coming home.

    At least we made them work for it. Shook them by scoring but not enough though and too late. If only they could have done that more throughout the match. Still, the players were a credit and we should be proud of what they achieved against the odds again. 👏 

    Yes, the Gardyne gnome is a *****.  Tomorrow we're having a party cos County's going down!

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  16. On 5/18/2023 at 8:06 PM, Robert said:

    I’ve been advised that they have added an additional northbound coach this afternoon so there are currently tickets available in both directions.

    Eventually got a megabus/citylink coach booked to and from Hampden this afternoon. Cost me £1 with my concession card. Now to get a ticket for a seat next to mates direct from the club shop on Monday.

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  17. Jeepers!! Does the SFA really want folk to attend? Those prices and a 12:15 ko doesn’t make it attractive. Will be hard to get more than the 2003 low attendance at the semi v Dundee. Looks like we'll be saving ourselves for the final. 🤪

  18. 8 hours ago, Bobby said:

    I think Tremarco and Warren would be an ideal duo. Both coaching at Ross County but I'm sure they would be interested in the gig. 

    Decent call. I'd add Draper and an experienced hand. Has Donald Park retired or is he still with the SFA?

  19. Big clear out required, which will be hastened by part time football. I still feel there has been a deliberate attempt to run things down after the dizzy heights of 2014/15. Covid just accelerated that process.

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  20. 2 minutes ago, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

    Something is seriously wrong at our football club.

    I've been saying that since 2016.

    Last chance saloon from me at the Killie cup game. After that rugby will have my undivided attention.

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