Slow going for Gloucester City ..... from the local paper:
PLANS to bring Gloucester Football Club back to the city have suffered a setback.
An outline planning planning application went before the city council on Tuesday night in a bid to get permission to continue with the development of former ground Meadow Park, which was destroyed by the 2007 floods.
However, the permission was not given by councillors who had concerns about flooding issues, and also access to the stadium.
Holes were found in the application, and also a lack of detail was pinpointed when it came to identifying particular aspects of flood defence work, and how houses up and down stream of the ground could be affected in a potential flood.
Despite this, there was some positive news in that a technical group will now be formed in an effort to progress plans to develop the site and bring The Tigers home. The group will be made up og representatives from the planning department, highways, the environment agency and the football club itself.