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  • "I have been a quiet observer of The Press site and it's many stories regarding the stadium and shops. I have not felt the need to comment before, however I feel now may be the time to join in.
    I have chatted with many people from York about this issue in the last few months, often just in passing but I have found that the overwhelming majority are either in favour or at least not opposed to the scheme. My own wife wasn't one of them and had expressed concerns however after reasoned debate she is now firmly in the 'not opposed' camp. I personally feel this is exactly what the city needs, and also feel that the case against, which has been built on scaremongering and over exaggeration has lost any credibility it may once have had. For peterstreet and the few that continue to campaign against what I would consider to be popular opinion (again, this is based on the conversations I have had and the general feeling that I get from people) is frankly embarrassing now!
    I'm sure I will be told I am wrong, and that I don't know what I'm talking about, and I'm the first to admit that I don't when it comes to the technical details of planning law etc but I do know when I am sick to death of repetitive rubbish being spouted."
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Tories in call for community stadium inquiry

YORK’S main opposition political group has called for the Government to stage a public inquiry over plans for a community stadium and two superstores on the edge of the city.

Oakgate (Monks Cross) Ltd’s proposals for a 6,000-seater arena to house York City FC and York City Knights, alongside John Lewis and Marks & Spencer stores, were approved by City of York Council last month.

The Department for Communities and Local Government must now decide whether the scheme is “called in”. The deadline for representations to the Government is today, with a decision expected within a month.

The council’s Conservative group has written to Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles listing 14 reasons why it believes an inquiry should be held.

It said the scheme “goes against York’s planning policy”, would cause “severe harm” to York’s road network and cause the city centre to lose an annual £50-90 million in revenue.

The Tories’ reasons also included the lack of a recommendation by planning officers on Oakgate’s scheme, adding councillors “never had a vote on the overall project early in the process”.

They claimed the jobs created by the scheme would be offset by city-centre losses and the “true potential financial costs to the council were never put before residents”.

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