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  1. Posted

    On 10/4/2023 at 3:51 PM, winstoncigar said:

    It’s unlikely that the site owners want speedway back. They’ve got tenants there that certainly wouldn’t.

    it’s all a bit academic, at the end of the day the cost to revive speedway at Rye House would be so huge it will take a Euro Millions big jackpot winner being a Rockets fan to to make it happen.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Through their own stupidity & disregard for planning laws, the leaseholders have put themselves in between a rock & a hard place.

    Can they afford to wait another couple of years of appeal processes or new plans which may never get through?

    They must have spunked enough money buying the lease & doing the illegal building work already with only a little bit of rent coming in from the gym & gymnastics club.

    They have come across as Mickey Mouse the plans they put forward at the start of the planning application & have pissed off the council by extending buildings etc.

    Can they afford to turn down £40k a year from the speedway? The track could be restored in a couple of months & give them an income fairly quickly.

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    8 hours ago, heathen52 said:

    I have wondered for some time with the goings on at Rye House would the Greyhound Stadium at Harlow be suitable ?, I know the owner of Harlow is a builder and put his own money in to the Stadium, some years ago maybe 8/10 I know he was interested in staging Speedway, If there are any potential investors out there then they could do worse than contact the Stadium owner (Dave Barclay) he is the kind of guy that will listen to any decent proposal, and with Rye House seemingly gone for good this could see the revival of Speedway in the area.

    Steve Ribbons is still fighting to get speedway back at Rye. The new leaseholders(kart track owners) have had planning for football pitches refused & from what the planning officer said, is very unlikely to get planning permission in the future. Plus they have pissed the council off by breaking planning laws at the site already.

    They must have spunked a hell of lot of money on the site for little return so far, so they either let the speedway back(which already has planning permission), appeal or put in a new application. The planning/decision took about 3 years for the football pitches, so they'll have to decide soon I would have thought. Do they bite the bullet & accept £40k a year from the speedway?

  4. Posted

    52 minutes ago, Crump99 said:

    Thought I'd google and see what comes up? Whether this applies in 2023 I don't know but it's interesting:

    What happens if planning permission is ignored?

    If you do require planning permission but you proceed without it, you will have committed a planning breach. In the event of a planning breach, you will need to submit a retrospective application to the local council. If this is successful, you will not need to take any further action.

    My concern is that my local council has all but nodded this through (didn't expect any opposition though) and the planning committee is just a front and tick box exercise for approval. Consider that the planning application was verified on the August Bank Holiday, as well as being told this week that the case officer dealing with this application is on annual leave at the moment and he will reply to you on his return doesn't exactly fill one with confidence!

    This happened at Rye House where the new leaseholder changed the stand into a gymnasium and they removed the track without planning permission. The council just nodded the retrospective planning application for the gymnasium through. It was only when people started asking questions and making a nuisance about the track that they told the leaseholder to kindly stop breaking planning laws. The Council were next to useless and they would have built over the track without planning permission if they could have gotten away with it.

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    15 hours ago, Fromafar said:

    In previous case regarding getting planning permissions,think you will find the Companies prefer to get the site redundant too strengthen their case.IMO

    Wouldn't be a surprise if they took the stand down and all the associated buildings within a short time of the last meeting taking place. They'll then let the area turn into an overgrown jungle until they get planning permission eventually. A disgrace but have seen this all before.

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  7. Posted

    Complete negligence from Louis/Hawkins to not replace Riss early on in the season. To wait for a rider with his illness symptoms and a bottom end made worse by choosing Joe Thompson was shambolic.

    Other teams have proved that there were riders out there who could've been signed, but Louis doesn't come across as someone with a lot of knowledge of the foreign market. 

  9. Posted · Edited by Chris

    Pathetic from GB. Not sure why Vatcher is in charge either. Hardly motivational or someone who can pass on any knowledge.

    Worrying the lack of talent. Rowe the best but has a horrible style on the bike. Kemp & Gilkes a complete waste of time. Soft & weak on track. Where was the British u21 champion, Bailey, who is better than both?

    Who on earth chose this track for a GP?! Way too narrow & track breaking up. Not in for a classic tomorrow.

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  11. Posted

    Worrying comments by Chris Louis on Twitter. The sport needs to remove people like Buster Chapman from it if it has a chance of a future. A comment like that backing up one of the cartel shows why the sport is in the s*it.

    The BSPA have been very kind to him as Chapman was more than happy to close down Rye House after a couple of difficult months.

    Zero sympathy for the bloke & nice to see a bit of karma.

     

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  12. Posted

    2 hours ago, Piotr Pyszny said:

    Herts-based spectator sitting in front of me at Peterborough last night reckoned there is a good chance Rye House will reopen in 2024. Something to do with the stadium owner having to reinstate track and safety fence because his alterations didn't have planning permission. Is that right (these days, I never see Speedway Star)?

    The lease agreement with the new landlords and council permission has still to be signed off I think, but certainly seems a lot more positive. The landlords have seemingly given up on their plan for football pitches and are going to put in for planning permission to restore the track.

    New landlords shot themselves in the foot by building without planning permission and ripping the track up without permission. A stop order was put on the land by the council so it hasn't been touched for a couple of years. They have put in a couple of planning applications but I don't think they've ever been heard. The council have been abysmal through the process anyway by waving through retrospective planning permission when they knocked the stand down and generally not being interested in the landlords breaking planning laws until they were threatened with legal action.

    Fair play to Steve Ribbons as it would have been artificial football pitches by now if not for him. Still a couple of hurdles to go though, but they want to run in the Championship in 2024 if all goes well.

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  13. Posted

    Wasted talent. Remember when he signed for Rye on his 15th or 16th birthday. Could tell he was going to be good early on. Certainly a lot more talented than someone like Danny King who was on the same side.

    Professionalism was always an issue with him as his bikes were an issue, his weight seemed to go up and down and don't think he had any idea mechanically. He certainly didn't get the backing the likes of Kennett, Bridger and King received.

    A shoulder injury in 08 just as he was scoring big points in the EL killed his career really. I think I read on here that he tried to put it back in place in the pits by running into a wall and messed it up even more??

    I believe he was stabbed at a Rye P&P day as well by Tyson Nelson if I remember correctly.

    Saw a video of him riding for Rye at the IOW last week and still looks good

    I think it said in the SS his drugs ban has finished.

  16. Posted · Edited by Chris

    Zmarzlik would win titles in any era. Special talent. Laguta(and Emil) must be reinstated next year to offer him some competition.

    The problem is the tracks they choose and the lack of characters and personalities. How the f does Teterow get anywhere near a GP? Embarrassing for the sport. Gorzow, Malilla, Vojens, Prague and Teterow aren't even the best racetracks in those countries.

    The riders are way too pally with each other. The sport is crying out for another Nicki P who was box office in the GP's and was happy to put anybody in the fence. Gollob as well was happy to dive bomb regularly and move riders out of the way. Crump was a grumpy sod who wouldn't be pals in the pits and have a laugh and a joke with his rivals

    It's all way too respectful

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  17. Posted

    On 6/22/2023 at 6:49 PM, Bald Bloke said:

    You asked me to explain. So i took the time to.

    But you only quoted a small bit of what it said... To make me look foolish... You haven't said if i had explained it as you had asked. But just quoted the bit you want to.  If you can't understand my answers, whether you agree or not, i'm wasting my time .. Don't say nothing against MT. We can't pee him off. He is the only chance we have !!  A lot on here seem to have the attitude of ... We will blame Buster cause he's going anyway, and we might need TM.. 

    Did my answers make sense to you?? Even if you disagree. 

    In fact don't bother :cheers:

     

    You've completely embarrassed yourself on here over the last few months chasing round posts about Chapman. Pathetic and you've now got egg all over your face.

    "What I've been told by my sources is correct" haha 

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  18. Posted

    2 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

    You mean the honest Buster that called a meeting off because he couldn't get a replacement pitgate latch? The honest Buster that called a meeting off because he couldn't get a replacement part for the stadium lights? 

    Public statements & honesty is not one of Buster's strong points :lol::t:

    Don't forget the fake heart attack

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  25. Posted

    Didn't see what the outrage was all about. 50/50 call for me. Zmarzlik had got ahead of Doyle

    Regarding out-of-control riders-Bewley knew he messed up. If he would have kept the throttle wound on he would have passed Lindgren. He got a bit spooked and knocked the throttle off killing his race. If you want to be world champion you don't knock the throttle off there. Zmarzlik, Lindgren or Doyle wouldn't. Keep it wound on or react quicker. Should come with experience.

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