Planning Permission

[atfconline]

was granted for the new Stadium last Thursday by Westmeath County Council.

Work should commence within the next 4-6 weeks.

Woohoo! :D

[Ash]

with the current economic and financial uncertainty
part deux of the government grant might not materialise
at all!!!

Still though, at least if they make a start with what they've got
things should start to take shape quickly enough.

[Éanna]

good luck with it

[MikeW]

Whats the story with your new ground lads - how many seats will there be? I see it got permission from the county council, but is it being appealed to the planning board? Some small-minded ****** could hold a development up for months by doing that. Witness the beginning of Rovers Tallaght saga for proof of that. Hopefully this actually gets done, its great to see development at EL grounds - best of luck to the club with it!

[Ash]

Supposed to be in the region of 6,000 seater.
2 function rooms/bars, training pitch, executive boxes
and more...

A delegation were supposed to head over to Livingstone
(SPL) as the new stadium was gonna be designed
similiar although Im not sure if that went ahead.

Saw the plans ages ago, there were supposed to be some modifications made but the version I saw looked very decent.

Facilities even better than those St. Mels Park ;)
That unisex multi-purpose bit of galvanised wall in the far
corner is a sight for sore eyes ... and a smell for sore noses!

And the press box is definately the 9th wonder of the world
(Tayto being the 8th :) )

Stay Posted for details of a up coming fundraiser