The business case for the Stadium for Cornwall has not yet been submitted to the government so that it can decide whether to give £3million to the project.

Despite Cornwall Council agreeing in March to provide £3m to the stadium, the bid to secure the remaining £3m from the government is no further forward.

The Stadium for Cornwall team approached Cornwall Council at the beginning of the year to ask for £6m of public money to get the stadium started.

However the council said it would only provide half the amount and said the other half should come from the government, honouring a commitment made by former Prime Minister David Cameron to provide financial support.

Under the plans the Stadium for Cornwall at a site near Threemilestone would provide a permanent home for the Cornish Pirates rugby union team along with Truro City Football Club.

The £14.3m project would also provide facilities for Truro and Penwith College and a fitness centre which would be run by GLL. The college, Pirates and Truro City have each committed £2m while GLL will throw in £300,000.

Cornwall Council voted in favour of providing £3m to the stadium on the condition that the other £3m was provided by the government and that a full business case for the project was provided.

That business case was also requested by the government before it could make a decision.

Cornwall councillors, the Stadium for Cornwall team and MPs Sarah Newton and Derek Thomas have also held meetings with ministers to state the case for the stadium.

However in the meantime there has been silence about the project despite councillors regularly asking for updates.

At a recent meeting of the full council Bob Egerton, Cabinet member for planning and the economy, told councillors that the business case had been submitted and was being considered by the government.

But at a meeting this week Mr Egerton apologised saying he had given an “incorrect answer” and that the business case had not yet been handed over.

He said: “The business case is still a bit bogged down in bureaucracy.”

Mr Egerton said that council officer Nigel Blackler, who is leading on the stadium for the council, has been having regular conversations with the government. But he said there was disappointment that culture secretary Matt Hancock, who the stadium partners had been dealing with, had been given a new role as health secretary.

The Cabinet member said the reason the business case had not been sent off was “complicated”.

He explained that it was being put together by the stadium partners but would have to be signed off by the council’s strategic director before being sent to the government.

Mr Egerton said: “The word on the street with government and MPs Sarah Newton and Derek Thomas is that they are in support and the money will come from the government.”

The Stadium for Cornwall partners have previously said they wanted to start work on the stadium this year with a view to having it ready to open for the start of the 2019/20 season.