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56 minutes ago, midds said:

All we need is a few thousand tonnes of transparent steel and concrete and we're laughing, easy

In star trek 4 didn't they mention transparent aluminium? 

That was the 80s, things have advanced further since then, so we should use that shit 

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12 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:

I want to know where the youtubers are getting these mockups from.Screenshot_20230626_212449_Gallery.thumb.jpg.ead6ce6cf11327e40aa5e11f460e496d.jpg

 

 

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He has some really good ideas for Leazes terrace actually - easily some of the best youtube content as well from this chap even though it grates me on how he pronounces 'Leazes' ha

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Turning Leazes Terrace into a 'boutique hotel' still means taking goodness knows how many housing units out of the stock. It just isn't going to happen.

 

I'm not sure what you mean, most of the block is student accommodation that's owned by one person.

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The side facing the east stand is student accommodation, and owned by Newcastle University. It used to be offices for the university, but they were converted back a little while back.

The other side has private houses on it.

The club don’t need to buy them in anyway, and regardless of this, you would struggle to gain a change of use for them.

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1 minute ago, Stifler said:

The side facing the east stand is student accommodation, and owned by Newcastle University. It used to be offices for the university, but they were converted back a little while back.

The other side has private houses on it.

The club don’t need to buy them in anyway, and regardless of this, you would struggle to gain a change of use for them.

How did the university get a change of use for them then?

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13 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

 

I'm not sure what you mean, most of the block is student accommodation that's owned by one person.

 

I'm saying that Leazes Terrace provides housing and the Council is never going to approve a scheme which removes that housing. Ownership doesn't come into it, just the use.

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8 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

I'm saying that Leazes Terrace provides housing and the Council is never going to approve a scheme which removes that housing. Ownership doesn't come into it, just the use.

Quite a bit of it is student accommodation, private residential being on the side that faces the tennis courts. If Eddie is right that is 

 

 

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1 minute ago, madras said:
9 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

I'm saying that Leazes Terrace provides housing and the Council is never going to approve a scheme which removes that housing. Ownership doesn't come into it, just the use.

Quite a bit of it is student accommodation, private residential being on the side that faces the tennis courts. If Eddie is right that is 

 

Sure, but it's still a residential use, though; if that accommodation isn't there to house students then the pressure is transferred onto the rest of the housing stock.

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10 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

I'm saying that Leazes Terrace provides housing and the Council is never going to approve a scheme which removes that housing. Ownership doesn't come into it, just the use.

 

Do you know that that's the case? Just don't know why it wouldn't be allowed. Newcastle has more student accommodation in the city centre than it needs. 

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1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:
13 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

I'm saying that Leazes Terrace provides housing and the Council is never going to approve a scheme which removes that housing. Ownership doesn't come into it, just the use.

 

Do you know that that's the case? Just don't know why it wouldn't be allowed. Newcastle has more student accommodation in the city centre than it needs

 

If that's actually true and there is genuinely a surplus of housing in the city then I'll happily stand corrected. I don't know the data, I'm making assumptions based on the national situation. 

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Just now, Yorkie said:

 

Sure, but it's still a residential use, though; if that accommodation isn't there to house students then the pressure is transferred onto the rest of the housing stock.

Yeah and look at what Man City's owners done in Manchester. Say for example there's accom for 200 students in there. Then our owners sort accom for them in order to free up usage of that side of Leazes Terrace, probably a small price to pay. Some of it is already office use so it isn't residential only

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Just now, Whitley mag said:

Need to invest in some heater lamps for the boulevard mind, as Leazes Terrace will never see the sun again

once we’re finished with this new stand.

I'd be as concerned with where those fans go if there needs to he a complete demolition  and rebuild of the East Stand.

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Just now, Yorkie said:

 

If that's actually true and there is genuinely a surplus of housing in the city then I'll happily stand corrected. I don't know the data, I'm making assumptions based on the national situation. 

 

Student accommodation and housing are a bit different. I don't know enough about Leazes Terrace to say what it's classed as or what would need to happen to change it to a business property. I remember Ponsaeleus mentioning it a while ago as a possibility though. But yeah, Newcastle definitely has far more student accommodation than it needs. Heaton and Jesmond are winding down their student populations and buy to let properties in those areas are going up for sale partly for that reason.

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