The people behind the failed bid to build a stadium for Cornwall have said they want to put the record straight after the leader of Cornwall Council was interviewed about it on BBC Radio Cornwall.

Linda Taylor was interviewed by Julie Skentlebury on BBC Radio Cornwall on June 22 about why the council had chosen to withdrawn its support for the stadium in the Levelling Up fund.

During the interview she said that the council had committed three million pounds to the project but was waiting for the business case to be submitted by the stadium partners but never received it. She said they were still in talks with Truro City football club to secure them a place to play.

But the people behind the stadium plan Stadium4Cornrwall said at no stage was the community interest company asked to re-submit the Stadium for Cornwall business case and remained confident of its delivery following previous scrutiny and approval by Sport England on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.

"Cllr Taylor said that the council ‘did not get a full business case’ for the Stadium," said the company in a blog post. "At no stages were the CIC asked to re-submit the Stadium for Cornwall business case and remained confident of its delivery following previous scrutiny and approval by Sport England on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.

"It is important to note that for the stadium to be included in the council’s levelling up fund round two bid, a number of conditions needed to be met for it to be successful including details of the financial viability of the project.

"Quite rightly Cllr Taylor highlights the fact that the council needs to provide ‘value for money’, but the business case which was submitted to the government (and seen by Cornwall Council) stated the business case returns £5.40 for every £1 of public money invested. This was accepted by central government so is that not good enough for the Council?

They said despite Cllr Taylor describing one ‘hurdle’ being that a ‘Community Interest Company’ would have to be set up, this was done in 2021 after discussions with Cornwall Council and the CIC has been in operation since then. It says Cornwall Council withdrew it's support for the culture bid which was being worked on by the CIC as part of the Government's Levelling Up Fund round two programme.

They claim extracts from the interview show Cllr Taylor contradicts herself with regards to the £3m when saying, 'We committed about £3m' and 'No. The funding is there' adding ‘the money will come back into the Council coffers for re-allocation’.

"Why then did Cllr Taylor say in this same interview: 'We don't have funding within our budget for the provision of a Stadium for Cornwall'? Is she merely confused about the facts or not acquainted with what her council has agreed?" says the company in a blog post.

It adds: "One might consider, this whole sorry episode leaves the public in the dark as to why this dream of a multi purpose community stadium which would bring, joy, opportunity for the youth of Cornwall, employment, music concerts, educational courses and a boost to health and the economy is no longer there for the supporting 25,000 petition signatories and everyone else who would have wished to see this iconic project come to fruition.