English Championship rugby side Cornish Pirates Chair Ian Connell said that the Stadium for Cornwall "could be ready in two years' time," according to the BBC. The club is "hoping to move into the ground on the outskirts of Truro," which was given initial planning permission in July '15. The project "would see a 10,000-capacity multi-sport ground built." The project has been held up while a Section 106 planning agreement -- a "legally binding document required for major projects -- is agreed upon." Connell said, "I believe now that this document is agreed, all elements of the document are agreed, it is now down to the lawyers to put that into legalese and therefore I am hopeful that the section 106 will be signed within April." The development, which will also house the Cornish Sharks American football team and the Cornish Rebels rugby league team, "is being funded by retail units on the site." Connell: "But none of the retailers will commit and sign a pre-let document which binds them to taking the space in the retail area until we have full planning consent, and that full planning consent can only be delivered when the Section 106 legal document is signed" (BBC, 4/20).
