What will happen to the Kassam stadium?

[MarkG]

We've already seen the car parks have been transferred to a different Kassam company.
The Sun reports that the car parks will be transformed into a site for a driving school.

Iconic EFL stadium to be used as a DRIVING SCHOOL for ten-year-old kids

OXFORD UNITED’s stadium is set be used as a DRIVING SCHOOL for kids. The League One side have called the Kassam Stadium home for the last 23 years following their move from the Manor Ground. …

www.thesun.co.uk

I thought most of it will be earmarked for housing as the overflow car park has been identified as developable, or is the plan an "extension" of the science park?

 

[bashamwonderland]

"Iconic EFL stadium".

... Uh, what?

 

[Swaby39]

"Iconic EFL stadium".

... Uh, what?

Iconic in all the wrong ways, I think! Certainly memorable.

 

[Manorlounger]

Does anybody read that comic still?

 

[holdsteady]

Does anybody read that comic still?

Its the most read paper in the country, although obviously in its heyday like all newspapers.

The ground will become flats, although if Kassam is involved shortly after becoming flats they will probably fall down, so the site will most likely end up a tragic memorial to his greed.

 

[OX14]

We've already seen the car parks have been transferred to a different Kassam company.
The Sun reports that the car parks will be transformed into a site for a driving school.

Iconic EFL stadium to be used as a DRIVING SCHOOL for ten-year-old kids

OXFORD UNITED’s stadium is set be used as a DRIVING SCHOOL for kids. The League One side have called the Kassam Stadium home for the last 23 years following their move from the Manor Ground. …

www.thesun.co.uk

I thought most of it will be earmarked for housing as the overflow car park has been identified as developable, or is the plan an "extension" of the science park?

Bit late for April fools.

The old bingo hall is being knocked down and a new science laboratory is being built in it's place, a new access road is being built on to Grenoble road near the priory and the old minchery farm road to serve this.

The overflow carpark is owned by Oxford city council , I'm not sure if that is all the carpark after the bridge over the stream or just the part that isn't tarmac. This will likely be developed into housing.

The Kassam stadium and the rest of the ozone leisure park will likely be knocked down and either be an extension of the science park or housing.

A driving school for youngsters is not going to generate the same income for Mr Kassam.

 

[MarkG]

Looks like it is an occasional driving school course rather than permanent.

Book

missed this story yesterday

Under-17 driving lessons coming to Oxford

A driver training scheme which starts teaching children from the age of 10 is launching at Kassam Stadium.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

 

[Bath Yellow]

"Iconic EFL stadium".

... Uh, what?

See that the report on the web is showing the great London Road end of the Manor.. What happy times those were

 

[werthersoriginal]

Bit late for April fools.

The old bingo hall is being knocked down and a new science laboratory is being built in it's place, a new access road is being built on to Grenoble road near the priory and the old minchery farm road to serve this.

The overflow carpark is owned by Oxford city council , I'm not sure if that is all the carpark after the bridge over the stream or just the part that isn't tarmac. This will likely be developed into housing.

The Kassam stadium and the rest of the ozone leisure park will likely be knocked down and either be an extension of the science park or housing.

A driving school for youngsters is not going to generate the same income for Mr Kassam.

Would be a shame to lose the cinema but I don’t think many people would mourn the rest of it

 

[OX14]

Would be a shame to lose the cinema but I don’t think many people would mourn the rest of it

I think the bowling alley would be a huge miss but then again they could move to another premises elsewhere in the city.

 

[Foley]

Bit late for April fools.

The old bingo hall is being knocked down and a new science laboratory is being built in it's place, a new access road is being built on to Grenoble road near the priory and the old minchery farm road to serve this.

The overflow carpark is owned by Oxford city council , I'm not sure if that is all the carpark after the bridge over the stream or just the part that isn't tarmac. This will likely be developed into housing.

The Kassam stadium and the rest of the ozone leisure park will likely be knocked down and either be an extension of the science park or housing.

A driving school for youngsters is not going to generate the same income for Mr Kassam.

Yes that is my take on it.
I wonder if the Science Park is eyeing up all of the Ozone land and the stadium will be flats and car parks?

 

[Foley]

I think the bowling alley would be a huge miss but then again they could move to another premises elsewhere in the city.

Kidlington?

 

[Matt W]

Kidlington?

Summertown

 

[Essexyellows]

Housing - no more no less.

As long as he gets it knocked up before they build opposite which will be a walk in the park as it is a brown field site............ assuming that we are not still there that is.

 

[Foley]

[QUOTE="Essexyellows, post: 839197]assuming that we are not still there that is.
[/QUOTE]
I am prepared to bet that we won't be....

 

[OX14]

Housing - no more no less.

As long as he gets it knocked up before they build opposite which will be a walk in the park as it is a brown field site............ assuming that we are not still there that is.

In the last couple of weeks on Grenoble road between Thames water and the mobile home park they've cut the trees down and have started digging what looks like a new access road with on and off slips. So I don't think it will be long until that South Oxford science village starts construction.

 

[outsidethebox]

Should be made to restore Minchery Farmhouse aka The Priory first. Condition 3 of the planning consent for the Hampton by Hilton seems to have been conveniently ignored for years.

 

[sideshowrob]

There is a link to a Firoka document that has detailed plans for the whole site somewhere on the main planning thread.

 

[Malc]

Kassam will convert it into a hotel for Ruwanda refugies.

 

[Jster]

Looks like it is an occasional driving school course rather than permanent.

Book

missed this story yesterday

Under-17 driving lessons coming to Oxford

A driver training scheme which starts teaching children from the age of 10 is launching at Kassam Stadium.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

A bit like they already do in the Adams Park car park. My son did a youngsters' driving course there once.