Mick Bratley

The £70k is pure fabrication to suit his agenda. The consortium will hopefully release a statement on Friday, once it has been reviewed by their legal team.

Excellent.

Perfectly summed up. It would be very good if you could very slightly sanitise the text and post it on the councils planning portal in response to the two applications. Your second paragraph regarding the multi use occupancy of the stadium as part of the overall development is something I have been banging on about since the start of this nonsense.

It was a decent meeting, in front of a very big crowd and once the ambulance returned we got through the heats at a good pace. Boy was it cold and windy. A spirited effort from the Brummies but the end result was never really in any doubt.

Not just me then. Kept me amused all night. Not the brightest idea having a red display either.

Be very timely if the Environmental Agency findings are released today or tomorrow morning ahead of AEPGs second revised planning application for the DHL business which is being heard tomorrow afternoon at the Town Hall at 13:30. Be magnificent if those findings accuse AEPG of their businesses killing 100,000 fish.

It’s not just DHL there are other companies doing the same work there now Vauxhall, Audi and Tesla in addition to DHL . . . . but don’t tell anybody, they don’t want anyone to know.

Myself and Carl Johnson attended the Parish Council meeting this evening with about 25 supporters (thanks guys). I spoke at length to the council about the current situation facing the club and I am pleased to say that the Parish Council have agreed to submit an application to Peterborough City Council to apply for the Speedway Track and surrounds (including the grandstand) to be considered for an Asset of Community Value. The fact the Parish Council has agreed to do this (we never asked them to do this) is very pleasing and it demonstrates that the Parish Council of Orton Waterville (which covers the Showground) are 100% supportive of Peterborough Panthers Speedway Club being retained in Peterborough. I suspect that would have been the best attended Parish Council meeting of the year, extra chairs were required, although I think initially they thought it was some sort of Internet Flash Mob that had turned up with flags and banners! Special mention to the (very) young Panthers supporting children who came, you guys were amazing. Thanks also to Cllr Julie Stevenson for her continuing commitment in our quest to retain Speedway in Peterborough.

Motion to be tabled at the next full Peterborough City Council meeting to be held on Wednesday 6th December 2023. This will be live-streamed. 6. Motion from Councillor Stevenson The team motorbike sport known as ‘speedway’ has been of great credit to Peterborough since 1970. The local ‘Peterborough Panthers’ team has won the highest level national championship three times, most recently in 2021. Over the years, the club has brought many trophies to our city at various levels within the sport, including junior level. Peterborough Speedway has put the city of on the international map, via regular live TV coverage broadcast on the Warner Bros Discovery TV channel. Since 1970 until now, Peterborough Panthers has been racing on a purpose-built racetrack, thought to be one of the best in the world, on the East of England Showground. The showground’s current owner, the East of England Agricultural Society (EEAS) now wishes to sell the showground, and the council’s local plan states that the land may be developed for housing and leisure. However, AEPG, the company tasked with preparing the showground land for sale on behalf of EEAS has made it clear that the Peterborough speedway club is no longer permitted to race at the showground with immediate effect, regardless of the outcome of its two existing planning applications to redevelop the site. (In an article published in the Peterborough Telegraph on 21st November 2023, AEPG said, “To be clear, the decision not to renew the arrangement for running speedway meets would remain, irrespective of any planning applications on the land.”) The landowner and its agent having confirmed that the club will not be permitted to race at the showground after the end of the 2023 season (which has now concluded), means that club now has nowhere to race, and with nowhere to race the club cannot continue to operate and the sport of speedway in Peterborough may die. As a matter of urgency, Peterborough Panthers Speedway Club must now find a new home. 96 This council acknowledges:  The enormous cultural and economic benefits that Peterborough Panthers Speedway Club has brought to Peterborough over the past 53 years.  The many benefits Peterborough Panthers Speedway Club brings to the residents of Peterborough, many of whom have spoken of how the club has contributed positively towards their mental health and sense of wellbeing and community.  That Peterborough Panthers provides positive role models for young people who are interested in motorbikes and provides a means for them to enjoy motorbikes as a sport in a safe and responsible way. This council resolves:  To arrange a meeting between the current owners of the Peterborough Panthers Speedway Team and the council leader and relevant cabinet member(s) and council officers to discover if there is any way the council can help to keep the sport of speedway alive in Peterborough.  To promote speedway in Peterborough so that more of the city’s residents are aware of the benefits this family-oriented sport brings to the city. Full agenda here: https://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/documents/s51351/12. Motions on Notice.pdf

No apology necessary fella.

‘Crook’ is not the right word. Amateur or Tinpot would be a better summarisation.

At £1.3m there would have been a very long queue to purchase the Showground and I would have been in that queue! About five years ago it has been reported that £10m could have bought it although it wasn’t widely advertised. Again that would have had a lengthy queue of suitors if it had been marketed properly. I probably wouldn’t have been in that queue! You probably need to add another zero to the value with planning approval, already there is tacit agreement from three separate house developers for three parcels of land for approx £35m although given the current slump in house building they may kick that into the long grass.

Don’t stress yourself over this.

Third from the left in this picture. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67491812

He was pictured in the press last week attending a homeless charity! Why I don’t know, maybe something to do with affordable homes. Luckily the reporter knew of him and refused to interview him, as hard as he may have tried to get interviewed. Tinpot.