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Re: Vale view

By VoR23/6 07:51Tue Jun 23 07:51:35 2026In response to Re: Vale view

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That's not what FWP have designed, if you look at their Plans.

Town's stated intention is for the Vale View Stadium to be suitable for playing in the National League, with phased construction to eventually achieve that ambition.

4,000 capacity, including 500 seats.
250 lux floodlighting level.

The Main Stand is designed as a 500-seater, with 250 seats added at a future date.

It will include a Supporters Bar & Corporate facilities, all on two levels.

What you are proposing is akin to many of the football Stadiums that Town have played at over the past two seasons, mostly small community facilities, with a Clubhouse & small, lightweight pre-fabricated steel structures with metal cladding, all suitable for playing in the County Leagues, with minimum capacities.

This is Town's dilemma.

What they will build from the outset, at minimum cost & is affordable does not match up to their final aspiration.

That will have to be very carefully explained to the Planners.

Edit:

FWP's budget cost plan includes a provisional sum of £100k for Piling works.

It also makes no allowance for exceptional costs of remediating the existing site & dealing with abnormal ground conditions. Those costs are excluded at this stage.

That is why an extensive Ground Investigation Report is required, along with a Coal Authority site development appraisal.

Edited by VoR at 07:54:17 on 23rd June 2026
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