Football: Blues face delay on stadium proposal.Byline: By DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. PRENTICE EVERTON have been left sweating on the fate of their new stadium project - after the government asked for more time to consider the club's planning application. The Blues had hoped to learn by Thursday whether the plan would be referred to the Secretary of State for a public inquiry - a delay which might deliver a potentially fatal blow to the scheme. But the Government Office for the North West (GONW GONW Government Office for the North West (UK) ) have now requested an extension to consider whether to make that move or not. "We have applied for more time to consider the application because of its size," said a spokesman for GONW. "That information has been sent to Knowsley council and to the developers. "The statutory provision prevents the local authority going ahead and acting on planning permission planning permission Noun formal permission granted by a local authority for the construction, alteration, or change of use of a building planning permission n → licencia de obras . Inside 21 days, it is difficult to consider all the possible ramifications of an application of this scale." Chief executive Keith Wyness, who learned of the extension on Friday, said: "This is just part of the decision making process. We will have to be patient and hope we eventually get the news we want to hear." The Blues, meanwhile, have confirmed a pre-season fixture with Swiss side FC Sion FC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909. They became Swiss Champions twice (in 1992 and 1997) and won the Swiss cup 10 times in only 10 final appearances. Their home ground is Stade Tourbillon, which has a capacity of 20187. on July 12. The match will be played at The Stade D'Octodure in Martigni and will come at the end of an intensive training camp in Switzerland. It is the sixth pre-season fixture to be confirmed for David Moyes's senior side, but will be the first competitive game played by them. |
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