Paschal Taggart has cut his planned apartments to 348 on expert advice
DIANE McLEAN, who is leading the We Want Wimbledon campaign, on Wednesday said she felt there was a growing view that the Galliards development plan around a football stadium for AFC Wimbledon 'was seen as simply impractical given the scale of housing required to fund it.'
She explained its enabling scheme, which involves 600 apartments, faced major planning hurdles 'due to the major flood plain and transport issues.'
Paschal Taggart, who is behind a rival plan that includes a world class greyhound track, has now revised his scheme to reflect expert advice.
'I don't expect AFC Wimbledon to have any chance of success - they need a genie in a bottle to get through the serious problems,' Taggart this week told the Wimbledon Guardian.
His number of planned apartments have been cut from 550 to 348, with fewer car parking places as a result. A greyhound stadium is seen as more viable.
Taggart added that tactically he might not submit an application at all, because he believes the AFC Wimbledon bid had no chance of success and would be rejected straight away.
His new plan will be on show at a meeting organised by Wimbledon Park Residents Association - who crucially are backing greyhound racing over football - at Wimbledon Park Hall in Arthur Road, Wimbledon, on Tuesday, October 28, from 7.30pm to 9pm.
Taggart is due to appear on RPGTV on Sunday, November 23.
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