Coventry City Council Leader George Duggins has maintained his stance that Sisu must end their litigious approach.
Speaking to the Coventry Observer's Les Reid, the Council Leader said: “My own view is to veer towards, ‘Why not?’ and to say that wouldn’t be a problem.
“That’s my own personal view. I don’t believe our colleagues believe there is any mileage in doing otherwise, or in only doing things to be obstructive in these circumstances.
“Any planning application, if one comes in, will then be considered on its own merit (by the planning committee).. it would be looked at in good faith.
“There are huge issues that can flow from an application. Those issues have been well rehearsed in the media.
“It doesn’t mean I’m personally opening up dialogue with the club’s owners.
“They have to end this litigious approach. I don’t move away from that. It isn’t doing the club any good or the council any good. They also have to pay us (legal) costs.
“It’s very difficult to have a constructive relationship while we have these Judicial Reviews hanging over us.
“I’ve not had any invitation. “I don’t think the issues of the football club are anything to do with the council. It’s their decisions as to how they run the business.
“The football club has an arrangement with Wasps. It’s through Arena Coventry Limited (Wasps owned Ricoh management firm ACL). They are issues they need to explore with them rather than us.
"My own view is that it’s the club itself who are the people who have to decide what they want to do themselves.
“I don’t believe I’m putting any roadblocks up. It’s for them to decide how to take their decisions forward.
“You say people have a right to legal challenges. I’m not saying people don’t have the right to challenge. They do.
“But when it becomes a way of dealing with issues like the norm… when people want to work together in partnership, it shouldn’t have to be like that.”
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