community asset

[Ron Manager]

The purchase of the Lower Grounds was a slap in the face for our traditional fanbase.   
We should never have left Wellington Road.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Road_(Perry_Barr)

You would have liked Joe Dunkley.He didn't want to move either

[Villa in Denmark]

Based on the reporting of the recent purchase of a minority stake in Everton, where the possibility of them leaving Goodison was raised again, about £5-8M if  you could get planning permission to turn into housing if you accept that the relative value of the land, based on it's location and surroundings is somewhat similar.

[cheltenhamlion]

The Trust are already on it, Trevor.

Stuart Griffin

[trevor fisher]

Yes Stuart is right - the Trust are pursuing this, and it is an option already pursued by fans who don't trust the people who run their clubs, notably man U whose fans succeeded in their bid.

The comments that this is a nightmare scenario which can't happen should be seen in this light. There is no club that has downsized from a stadium it has owned up to now - Middlesborough, Derby and so on built new modern grounds that were more or less the same size.

But it could happen if Lerner pulls the plug on a failed promotion bid in the years to come, so the trust is right to pursue the option
Trevor FIsher.

[pauliewalnuts]

My opinion of Lerner is about as low as they come, but really, isn't this somewhat in the realms of fantasy?

Sandi Toksvig

[PeterWithesShin]

I licked Villa Park so by law, it's mine.

Pol Pot.

[Risso]

Yes Stuart is right - the Trust are pursuing this, and it is an option already pursued by fans who don't trust the people who run their clubs, notably man U whose fans succeeded in their bid.

The comments that this is a nightmare scenario which can't happen should be seen in this light. There is no club that has downsized from a stadium it has owned up to now - Middlesborough, Derby and so on built new modern grounds that were more or less the same size.

But it could happen if Lerner pulls the plug on a failed promotion bid in the years to come, so the trust is right to pursue the option
Trevor FIsher.

If I understand the legislation correctly, it's there to protect local assets from property developers who want to buy an asset and turn it into something else, eg your local village green and turn it into a block of flats.  It gives local community groups the right to bid for something at open market value.  However, there's an exemption from the property owner having to comply if he's selling the asset as part of an overall business to somebody who's going to carry on with the current use.  I'm struggling to see how this is relevant then really, as surely anybody is going to want to  buy the entire club and not just the land.  Even if Lerner were to want to sell the land to a property developer, how would a community group come up with the funds?

Amadeus, Amadeus

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

He could turn it into a Baseball stadium.

If he builds it, they will come.

Ray Kinsella

[Percy McCarthy]

I suppose he could turn it into a boating pool and......no hang on that's already been done!

I'd go, I love a nice rowing boat

I agree.

Robert Maxwell.

[Ron Manager]

He could turn it into a Baseball stadium.

If he builds it, they will come.

Ray Kinsella

and rename it The John Devey Stadium of Excellence

[jon collett]

Nuneaton Town supporters Trust succeeded in getting their ground at Liberty Way registered as a community asset but it proved worthless.

The ground owner went into liquidation and the ground was sold by the liquidator. The supporters trust thought they would be given first refusal on buying the ground but they weren't even consulted.

This has been a fashionable cause for trusts to pursue in recent years but legally it all needs testing.

[Holte L2]

Nuneaton Town supporters Trust succeeded in getting their ground at Liberty Way registered as a community asset but it proved worthless.

The ground owner went into liquidation and the ground was sold by the liquidator. The supporters trust thought they would be given first refusal on buying the ground but they weren't even consulted.

This has been a fashionable cause for trusts to pursue in recent years but legally it all needs testing.

SHA fans have also done the same with their shed down the road.

[papa lazarou]

I suppose he could turn it into a boating pool and......no hang on that's already been done!

I'd go, I love a nice rowing boat

I agree.

Robert Maxwell.

We should have a referendum and vote on it.

Tarquin Fin Tim Lin Bin Whin Bim Lim Bus Stop F'tang F'tang Olé Biscuit barrel.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Whats going on in this thread? I need to lay off the spirits.