Thought when the upgrade of Belle view was mentioned that Wakefield Council said they were going to buy the lease for the ground from the owner and give it to the trust in return for planning permission etc so the demand for rent seems strange, to say the least!

If only we had a conservative lead council maybe we wouldnt be in this mess

Labour shafted the country and are now trying to shaft trinity

Just reading the statement from the council and this is seems to be the main council come back

Quote from the daily star

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Does any one have access to the document that says we do have to be provided a 99 year lease at a peppercorn yearly rental

It's being talked about a lot and has being one of the fundamental behind the hole stadium from the off ""Yet again, we are dismayed by the wholly inaccurate comments made by the club owners about the Newmarket development, especially the claim that there is a 'legally binding obligation for the Council to provide a 99 year lease at a peppercorn yearly rental to the Wakefield and District Community Trust' as there is no reference, at all, in the Unilateral Undertaking to this.'"

Just seen this

Is there a document though with that information that can be uploaded here

If that's the councils argument against us it would be great to see the evidence that we were promised it, if that's possible any one ?

I admire your blind faith and I hope the gamble because that is what it is comes off. To lose will financially destroy our great club because the costs and those of the council and 88M if involved will be astronomical especially when QC’s are involved.
The bit I don’t understand is on what grounds do we think we can win. We can state how badly we have been treated but the fact is the development was subject to certain conditions which have currently not been reached.
We have now due to recent statements virtually ensured if we leave without an agreement in place to return will quickly find the ground probably levelled and other use agreed. This means we will be homeless because we cannot stay at Dewsbury for more than one season.
Why would the council who we continue to berate allow us to share with Castleford.
We walked out of this deal I just hope we have a plan b if we lose.

Impunity is corrosive to society. Wrongdoing needs challenging. If we end up with nowt at the end but some heads on a stick, if they're the right heads I guess I'll be happy enough

"...our priority is to try and get a community stadium delivered for the people of this district.

...ultimately the people who will lose the most is the fans and residents, and that is the most upsetting part of this situation."

Well at least the deputy leader has a future in stand-up comedy if she loses her job.

"These are triggers that were imposed on Wakefield Council by the Secretary of State – triggers that the Council did not and would not have agreed to."

To me, this is the crux of the matter. Can/does the SoS agree the s106 or should that have been the LPA's job?
AFAIK, The SoS stated that he would be willing to accept a UU as the case was not complex, but who actually accepts it?

Well it was WMDC who negotiated the five town parks s106. The report as to why that project should be considered very special circumstances and allowed to be built on green belt also makes interesting reading in relation to the commentary around the need for a new stadium for cas.

Perhaps I'm reading it wrong but why would the council not allow it, as once (if) the Cas ground is built it's theirs for a quid and nothing to do with the council

Quote: musson "Just reading the statement from the council and this is seems to be the main council come back Quote from the daily star Does any one have access to the document that says we do have to be provided a 99 year lease at a peppercorn yearly rental It's being talked about a lot and has being one of the fundamental behind the hole stadium from the off'" The documents can be found here, if you download the PDF and then search for "peppercorn rent" it pops up a few times to say that it was agreed that the developer would charge a peppercorn rent to the trust cominoweb.wakefield.gov.uk/Plann ... wdocs=true

Quote: musson "Just reading the statement from the council and this is seems to be the main council come back Quote from the daily star Does any one have access to the document that says we do have to be provided a 99 year lease at a peppercorn yearly rental It's being talked about a lot and has being one of the fundamental behind the hole stadium from the off'" The documents can be found here, if you download the PDF and then search for "peppercorn rent" it pops up a few times to say that it was agreed that the developer would charge a peppercorn rent to the trust cominoweb.wakefield.gov.uk/Plann ... wdocs=true

Do York Court even own the land on Newmarket? Got told Caddicks interested in it

Quote: Tricky2309 "Well it was WMDC who negotiated the five town parks s106. The report as to why that project should be considered very special circumstances and allowed to be built on green belt also makes interesting reading in relation to the commentary around the need for a new stadium for cas.'" cominoweb.wakefield.gov.uk/Plann ... nt=obj.pdf Pages 52 and 53 make interesting reading given what the council have gone on record saying about trinity and what we have asked for

Quote: Tricky2309 "Well it was WMDC who negotiated the five town parks s106. The report as to why that project should be considered very special circumstances and allowed to be built on green belt also makes interesting reading in relation to the commentary around the need for a new stadium for cas.'" cominoweb.wakefield.gov.uk/Plann ... nt=obj.pdf Pages 52 and 53 make interesting reading given what the council have gone on record saying about trinity and what we have asked for

Just an example of where it talks about the peppercorn rent is here, funnily enough in the Proof of Evidence of Sir Rodney Walker pdf.-

Would it not be useful to write to Mr Corbyn about this? I am well aware of the views some of our lovely forum members have on Mr Corbyn but before they all start going Daily Mail on me, hear me out.

Considering Corbyn's staunchly "loony" left political stance - meaning he generally gives a about the environment and is fairly anti-corporate benefits over community and the environment, do we not think he would be a little interested to know about what is happening under the Labour council of Wakefield? I'm sure this issue could be brought to his attention and I will be writing to him myself to bring this to his attention if possible. Labour led counselor screws taxpayer by letting developer build on green belt land without giving the community their promised community stadium. Could be a shout? Especially now the numpties in Labour who are part of this benevolent, self-serving shamozzle are getting reigned in by the left side of Labour.