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So. Knotty .. recovering quickly from that schoolboy error and getting quickly back on track... :blush: What's the more cynical in your view: the sweetening of a hotel application with the inclusion of a 'cancer unit', or the pointing out of same? ???

It's got nothing to do with criticising the club, other than that in this instance they happen to be the applicant. Face it. If the applicant had a genuine burning desire to build a cancer unit for the city, they could have done it anywhere within the city limits and it would have doubtless have...

Doubt it somehow. Seems to me the 'cancer unit' aspect of the planning application deserves a thread of its own where it can be properly analysed in it's own right.

Seriously, how much more would it have cost to put a few wavy lines on the frontage and a bit of greenery on the roof? All that sort of stuff that was deemed infinitely important during the design and planning application process for the Amex. Remember that? It was only a few short years ago...

I don't think MP did himself any favours with that quote, just smacks of arrogance and a sense of entitlement. Probably assumed the planning committee wouldn't dare turn down a proposal with the serious sweetener of a cancer unit tagged on. Just go away Martin, do your homework and come back...

If they didn't like the hotel proposal, they'll HATE the casino proposal :moo:

They're 'expressing their disappointment with the bland architecture and bland landscaping'. Might very well translate into an objection on the grounds of design and layout / external appearance and materials. Especially with that signature at the bottom of the letter.

Maybe there's just certain parties being malicious for the sake of it because didn't the club deny there were plans for a hotel on the site when the original stadium planning application was in progress? For example, Falmer Parish Council seem to be suspiciously keen to object due to the hotel...

Quite. It's easily done.

Fundamental issue with the design appears to have been naming the hotel in honour of Doug Loft. Hardly iconic. More like moronic. :moo:

Don't think anybody's going to forget LDC's Amex objections anytime soon. This particular objection is way more easily overcome though eh, just by redesigning the thing to complement the stadium. Which any self-respecting architect probably should have done in the first place.

Wow! If that is the genuine opinion of LDC then that represents quite some turnaround by the council and the chair, actually admitting that the Amex is 'iconic' and 'deserves something more special' to complement it. In the medium/long term that is good news for the hotel, just means it needs to...